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IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9mm, 2.51 g). Laureate head of Zeus left; to right, small seal upward / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt –, but cf. Em. 76 (citing only two examples: Boston MFA 1916 and Traité II 2124–both with a similar portrait type but without laurel wreath); CNG 105, lot 322 = CNG E-459, lot 247 (same dies); Roma III, lot 209 (same dies); Roma XI, lot 321 (same dies). Toned, struck on a compact flan. Good VF. Extremely rare, one of approximately five known examples.
From the Dr. Adrian Carr Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 103 (14 September 2016), lot 272.
With Bodenstedt citing only two examples for his Em. 76 (Paris and Boston), it is possible that this type, with the laurel wreath, is part of the same emission, and that a celator simply added the laurel wreath to the portrait.
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