Triton XX, Lot: 281. Estimate $750. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.54 g). Head of female left, wearing stephanos ornamented with palmettes; below, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 95 (citing only one specimen in the trade, Munich 1975); CNG 103, lot 273 (same dies); Roma E-Sale, lot 155 (same dies); Roma XI, lot 327 (same dies). Near EF, toned. Extremely rare, one of five known.

From the MM Collection. Ex Triton XIX (5 January 2016), lot 231.