Triton XIV, Lot: 285. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (11mm, 2.57 g). Ibex recumbent left; above, seal left / Rough incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 19 (dies a/β [unlisted combination]); SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Boston MFA 1903 = Warren 1680 (same obv. die); Gorny & Mosch 159, lot 203 (same obv. die); Lanz 135, lot 316; Tkalec (29 February 2000), lot 130. VF, minor flan crack. Very rare issue, only three examples listed by Bodenstedt, all in public collections (Boston, London [BM], and s’Gravenhage).