★ A very rare hekte from Phokaia ★

IONIA. Phokaia. Circa 625/0-522 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 9 mm, 2.60 g, 11 h). Head of a lion to left; above, seal to right. Rev. Incuse square punch. Bodenstedt 25. SNG Copenhagen 1024. SNG von Aulock -. Very rare and of powerful Archaic style. Struck from slightly worn dies, otherwise, extremely fine.

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