Triton XIV, Lot: 289. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (10mm, 2.62 g). Head of roaring lion left; to right, seal upward / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 38 (unlisted dies); SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Boston MFA -; Traité II 2127 = de Luynes 2542; CNG 69, lot 413; Triton VIII, lot 425. Good VF, struck from worn dies. Very rare issue, only four examples listed by Bodenstedt, 3 of which are in public collections (Paris [2] and Istanbul).