CNG 99, Lot: 227. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.54 g). Round shield decorated with griffin springing left above seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 47.1 (dies a/α) = Triton XII, lot 299 = Rosen Sale, lot 286 = Leu 33, lot 383; Triton XIV, lot 290 (same dies). Good VF. Well centered. Extremely rare, apparently the third known.