Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 297. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.49 g). Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos, wearing earring; behind, seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 33 (unlisted dies); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; SNG von Aulock 7942; Boston MFA 1907; SNG Kayhan 519; McClean 8250; de Luynes 2644. Good VF, lightly toned. Rare, only eight examples listed by Bodenstedt (five are in museums).