Triton XVIII, Lot: 608. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 390-325 BC. AR Diobol (9.5mm, 1.02 g, 12h). Bee with straight wings; E-Φ flanking head / Two stag heads confronted; E-Φ above. SNG von Aulock 1835; SNG Copenhagen 242–3; SNG Kayhan 208–42. Superb EF, iridescent tone, minor flan flaw and die break on reverse.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Triton IV (5 December 2000), lot 250; Leu 28 (5 May 1981), lot 147.