CNG 84, Lot: 634. Estimate $750. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.58 g). Head of roaring lion left / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 13 (dies a/β); SNG Copenhagen -; Gulbenkian 927 (same obv. die). Good VF, struck from worn obverse die. Extremely rare, only three examples of em. 13 hektes listed by Bodenstedt.