CNG 88, Lot: 348. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (9mm, 2.55 g). Forepart of griffin left; to right, seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 42 (dies a/- [unlisted rev. die]); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Triton XI, 77; Triton V, 1429; Aufhauser 8, 173. Good VF, toned, flan a little compact. Extremely rare, only the Berlin specimen noted by Bodenstedt.

CNG has only handled four examples of this type. In the recent Gorny & Mosch 195 sale, an example (lot 236) sold for €10,000.