★ Very rare King Midas issue ★

IONIA. Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 11 mm, 2.49 g). Bearded head of King Midas to left, with the ear of a donkey; to right, small seal to left. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt 66. SNG Copenhagen 1025. SNG von Aulock -. Very rare. A highly interesting mythological type. Some marks and scratches, otherwise, good fine.

From the Hestia Collection, formed over the past five decades, privately acquired before 2005.