Unique Lobster Hekte

Triton XVII, Lot: 321. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9mm, 2.57 g). Phokaic standard. Figural type. Lobster / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. A. Tsintsifos, Perix Pangaion Epeiros, The dawn of coinage, Part I, p. 161, 1 = Nomos 5, lot 183, for a similar design, possibly also a lobster (tail is off the flan); otherwise unpublished. Good VF. Unique, and and extremely rare subject on Greek coins.