CNG 96, Lot: 444. Estimate $750. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 625/0-522 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6mm, 0.63 g). Head of roaring lion left; [to right, small seal upward] / Incuse square punch. Bodenstedt Em. 13; Boston MFA 1904; SNG von Aulock –; Triton XVII, lot 302 (same die and punch). EF, a little off center. Extremely rare denomination for issue, only two examples recorded by Bodenstedt, both in public collections, only the Triton XVII coin in CoinArchives.