CNG 93, Lot: 388. Estimate $1000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (9mm, 2.55 g). Facing head of Silenos / Quadripartite incuse square punch. Bodenstedt Em. 43 (dies –/ε [unlisted obv. die]); SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA –; BMC 3; SNG Fitzwilliam 4559; Leu 13, lot 237. Near EF, toned. Very rare, only 9 examples noted by Bodenstedt, 5 of which are in museums (Cambridge, London, Berlin, Karlsruhe [2]).