Watch List notes:

IONIA. Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 10 mm, 2.63 g). Bearded male head to left, wearing Ionian helmet decorated with a volute on the bowl; below, small seal to left. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt 50. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG von Aulock -. Rare and unusually attractive. A boldly struck and very well centered example. Nearly extremely fine.


From the Kleinkunst Collection, ex Numismatica Ars Classica 33, 6 April 2006, 159.