★ Struck from dies of exquisite Archaic style ★

IONIA. Phokaia. Circa 625/0-522 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 9 mm, 2.59 g, 12 h). Head of a river-god, in the form of a horned and bearded man-headed bull, to left; in field to right, small seal downward. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt 16. Boston MFA -. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG von Aulock -. Very rare. An exceptionally attractive example struck from dies of exquisite Archaic style. Minor edge splits, otherwise, extremely fine.

From a British collection of electrum coins from Lesbos and Ionia, formed in the early 2000s.