CNG 105, Lot: 305. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.56 g). Head of female left, wearing stephanos; to right, seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 33. Near EF. Wonderful late archaic head. Rare and better than our previous offering, Triton XII, lot 297, that hammered at $5000.