Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 424. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.51 gm, 12h). Female head left, wearing helmet or close fitting cap; seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 31 (dies b/b); BMC Ionia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock 7943 (same dies); SNG Kayhan 518. Superb EF. Very rare, only four specimens cited by Bodenstedt. ($2000)

A splendid archaic representation of great beauty.