CNG 96, Lot: 449. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.54 g). Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet; to right, inverted seal upward / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 32; Boston MFA 1906 (same obv. die); SNG von Aulock –. Good VF, lightly toned, slight granularity, compact flan. Very rare.