CNG 96, Lot: 450. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9mm, 2.54 g). Forepart of griffin left; to right, seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 42; Boston MFA –; SNG von Aulock –. Good VF, toned. Very rare, only the Berlin specimen noted by Bodenstedt.

CNG has handled only four examples of this type. In the recent Gorny & Mosch 195 sale, an example (lot 236) sold for €10,000.