CNG 94, Lot: 613. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA, Samos. Circa 600-570 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (11mm, 2.85 g). Samian-Euboeic standard. Geometric type. Irregular pattern (eagle standing right devouring hare?) / Rough incuse punch. Konuk, Electrum type 2, O1/R1; SNG Kayhan 635 (same die and punch); Barron pl. XXX, 3; HGC 6, 1167. VF. Very rare.

From the Daniel Koppersmith Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XIX (Fourth Quarter, 1994), no. 78.