Triton XIV, Lot: 293. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (11mm, 2.49 g). Ram standing right, scratching head with right hind hoof; below, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 59 (unlisted dies); SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Boston MFA 1901. VF. Extremely rare, only three examples listed by Bodenstedt, all in public collections (Boston, Karlsruhe, and s’Gravenhage).