Triton XV, Lot: 1227. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.58 g). Head of lioness (or leopard) left; above, small seal right / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 26 (dies a/- [unlisted rev. die]); Triton X, lot 302 (same die and punch); Gorny & Mosch 165, lot 1322; otherwise unpublished. Good VF, light die rust and minor striking flaws. Extremely rare, apparently the fourth known.