CNG 96, Lot: 453. Estimate $750. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.56 g). Bearded head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 80; Boston MFA 1911; SNG von Aulock –. Good VF, toned. Well centered and struck. Very rare, only four coins cited by Bodenstedt, two of which are in museums (Boston and Karlsruhe), six in CoinArchives.