Triton XVII, Lot: 302. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 625/0-522 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6mm, 0.65 g). Head of roaring lion left; to right, small seal upward / Incuse square punch. Bodenstedt Em. 13; SNG von Aulock –; BMC 24; Boston MFA 1904. EF, lightly toned, a touch of die rust, tiny die break below lion head. Extremely rare denomination for issue, only two examples recorded by Bodenstedt, both in public collections, none in CoinArchives.