CNG 105, Lot: 334. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.55 g). Female head left, hair bound in sakkos with forepart of sphinx at crest and ornate headdress (kalathos?) above; below, small seal left(?) / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt –; Gorny & Mosch 107, lot 193; CNG 318, lot 223 corr. (not Bod. 92, same rev. punch); CNG E-239, lot 159 corr. (same). VF, toned. Extremely rare, apparently the fourth known.