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443 444 443. IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.59 g). Helmeted head left; to right, seal upward / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 6; CNG 90, lot 538; Triton XIV, lot 283 = CNG 57, lot 491; CNG E-237, lot 28; G. Hirsch 275, lot 3820; Tkalec (29 February 2000), lot 126; Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 201, no. 240. VF, a little die rust. Extremely rare issue, the seventh known. ($750) There are four emissions in Bodenstedt with this type, emissions 6, 15, 30, and 50. The latter three share common characteristics: there is a crest on the helmet, the bowl is adorned with some ornament, the eye is better formed (rather than a dot), and the seal is below the helmet. None of these characteristics are found on the first emission of this type, which features a helmet without crest, no ornamentation on the bowl, an eye formed of a large dot, and the seal placed to the right of the helmet. Additionally, the incuse on the reverse is distinctly different from the later emissions.
444. IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 625/0-522 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6mm, 0.63 g). Head of roaring lion left; [to right, small seal upward] / Incuse square punch. Bodenstedt Em. 13; Boston MFA 1904; SNG von Aulock –; Triton XVII, lot 302 (same die and punch). EF, a little off center. Extremely rare denomination for issue, only two examples recorded by Bodenstedt, both in public collections, only the Triton XVII coin in CoinArchives. ($750)
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447 3:1 445. IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 625/0-522 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6mm, 0.66 g). Helmeted head right; [below, small seal right] / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 15; Boston MFA –; SNG von Aulock 1787; Weber 5732. Near EF. Very rare denomination, only four listed by Bodenstedt. ($1000) 446. IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.54 g). Head of lioness (or leopard) left; above, small seal right / Incuse square punch. Bodenstedt Em. 26; Triton XVI, lot 473; Triton XV, lot 1227; Triton X, lot 302; Gorny & Mosch 165, lot 1322; otherwise unpublished. EF. Extremely rare, apparently the sixth known. ($2000) 447. IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 625/0-522 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.62 g). Lion lying left; above, small seal left / Incuse square punch. Bodenstedt Em. 27; Boston MFA 1902; SNG von Aulock –. EF, minor die rust. Very rare, only two listed by Bodenstedt, eight in CoinArchives. ($2000) 99