Triton XX, Lot: 273. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.56 g). Bearded head left, wearing satrapal cap; [to right, small seal downward] / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 65; SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA –; BMC –. Good VF, lightly toned. Extremely rare, only the s’Gravenhage piece noted by Bodenstedt, only this piece in CoinArchives.

From the MM Collection. Ex Triton XIX (5 January 2016), lot 222.