Watch List notes:

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.75 g). Phokaic standard. Lion standing right, head left, raising forepaw / Incuse square. Cf. SNG von Aulock 1797 (hemihekte), otherwise unpublished in the standard references. Good VF. Extremely Rare.


From the MM Collection. Ex Bolaffi 27 (2 December 2015), lot 559.