Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1301. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (2.58 g). Head of griffin left; behind, small seal upward / Incuse punch. Bodenstedt Em. 12 (dies d/δ); SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Boston MFA 1892 (same dies). Near EF, a little die rust. Very rare, only 7 examples noted by Bodenstedt, 4 of which are in museums (Berlin, New York, Boston, and s’Gravenhage).