Triton XV, Lot: 1224. Estimate $4000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.58 g). Head of roaring lion left; to right, small seal upward / Incuse square punch. Bodenstedt Em. 13 (unlisted dies); Gulbenkian 743; Gorny & Mosch 195, lot 234 (same die and punch); CNG 84, lot 634; Freeman & Sear 13, lot 186. VF, scuffs and scratches. Extremely rare, apparently the seventh known.