Triton XVI, Lot: 470. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9mm, 2.59 g). Forepart of bull right, head reverted; to upper left, small seal downward / Incuse square punch. Bodenstedt Em. 9 (dies c/α – unlisted combination, but also see note below); SNG von Aulock 7946; SNG Copenhagen –; Boston MFA –; Traité I 155 (same obv. die). Near EF.

This coin is struck from the second of two dies marked “α” on Bodenstedt’s plate for his Emission 9. However, these two dies are not the same.