Sale: Nomos 7, Lot: 132. Estimate CHF6250.  Closing Date: Tuesday, 14 May 2013.  Sold For CHF6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 525 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 10mm, 2.59 g). Head of eagle to left with frontal eye and hooked beak; dotted neck truncation; below, seal swimming to left. Rev. Irregular incuse square. Bodenstedt -. Unpublished, except for Nomos 3 (2010), 130 and Triton XV, 2012, 1228 (same dies). Extremely rare. A lovely piece, bold and well centered. Extremely fine.

From a collection in the United States.