Triton XVIII, Lot: 627. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (10.5mm, 2.53 g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with seal / Quadripartite incuse square. CNG 93, lot 391; otherwise unpublished (but cf. Bodenstedt Em. 111 for a similar type with serpent on helmet and seal below). Choice EF. Well centered. Extremely rare, the second known.