CNG 109, Lot: 161. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.73 g). Phokaic standard. Forepart of lion right / Incuse square. CNG 73, lot 418; Pecuneum 30, lot 93; otherwise unpublished in the standard references. EF, graze on obverse. Extremely rare, possibly the third known.

From the MM Collection. Ex Roma XIII (23 March 2017), lot 318.

In previous appearances, this coin has been attributed to Ionia or Caria, but the Phokaic weight standard points to a northern Ionian (or possibly Mysian) origin.