Watch List notes:

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.54 g). Bearded head of Hephaistos left, wearing cap; to right, small seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 69; SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA 1910; BMC 32; Traité II 2100; SNG Berry 1085. Good VF, toned. Very rare, only four noted by Bodenstedt, eight in CoinArchives.


From the MM Collection. Ex Triton XIX (5 January 2016), lot 224.