The Second and Finest Known

Triton XIV, Lot: 290. Estimate $3000. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (10mm, 2.55 g). Round shield decorated with griffin springing left above seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 47.1 (dies a/β) = Triton XII, lot 299 = Rosen Sale, lot 286 = Leu 33, lot 383. EF. Perfectly centered strike from fresh dies. Extremely rare, the second and finest known.