GREEK COINS
IONIA
Uncertain. perhaps Phokaia. Circa 600-550 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 9mm, 2.75 g). Facing head of a lioness (or a panther?); above, here off the flan , seal to right. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Rosen 312 (= MM 72, 75). SNG Copenhagen 329 (Uncertain Asia Minor). Cf. Weidauer 159-161 (variant obverse and with two reverse punches) and 162-165 (hemihektes). Extremely rare and boldly struck. Struck on a short flan, otherwise , extremely fine. From a European private collection.