CNG 100, Lot: 1470. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 or 387-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.54 g). Laureate head of Zeus left; below, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt –; CNG E-344, lot 104 (same rev. punch); Pecunem 16, lot 360 (same dies). VF, toned. Extremely rare, apparently the third published example of this type unknown to Bodenstedt.