Triton XX, Lot: 277. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.56 g). Bare male of Aktaion right, hair swept back, stag horn emanating from forehead and running along top of head / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 77; SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA –; BMC 42. Near EF. Very rare, only three cited by Bodenstedt, five in CoinArchives.

The presence of the stag’s horn, noted on the piece in Roma XI, lot 322, almost certainly identifies the obverse portrait as being that of the hunter Aktaion. The type had previously been described as either Pan or a young male.