Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 413. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.55 gm). Roaring lion left; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 38 (dies a/a); Traité II 2127. VF, struck with worn obverse die. Extremely rare, only four specimens listed by Bodenstedt, all in museum collections. ($500)