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IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.62 g). Three seals swimming counterclockwise around central pellet-in-annulet; all on convex field with dotted border / Incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 29 var. (central pellet without annulet, field not convex); CNG 114, lot 296; CNG E-419, lot 181; Lanz 164, lot 76 = Roma E-30, lot 128; Roma X, lot 404. Light scrape and scratch on obverse, small scuff on reverse. Good VF. Very rare variety.
In addition to the differences noted above, the style of the seals here appear more rudimentary/archaic than what is found examples of Bodenstedt’s emission 29.
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