Triton XIX, Lot: 228. Estimate $750. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.55 g). Bearded head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin; small dolphin left at base of neck / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 80; SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA 1911; BMC –. Good VF, toned. Very rare, only four coins cited by Bodenstedt, nine in CoinArchives.