CNG 105, Lot: 318. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.58 g). Head of female left, with her hair tied up in a sakkos; to right, small seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 72. VF, lightly toned. Very rare, only one noted by Bodenstedt, and three in CoinArchives.