Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 706. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600 BC. EL Hekte (2.26 gm). Back-to-back roaring lions’ heads, struck so one head is off the flan / Ornamented double incuse punch. Weidauer -; SNG von Aulock -; Rosen -; Traité -. Unpublished in the standard references. See Gorny Auction 115, lot 1171 for a similar specimen. EF. ($400)