IONIA. Phokaia. Circa 625/0-522 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 10 mm, 2.69 g). Head of a griffin to right with open jaws. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt E1.Hekte 4 ( this coin ). de Luynes 2662. Very rare. With a powerful griffin head and attractive toning. Minor scratches, otherwise, extremely fine.

Property of a Late Collector, and from the collection of N. B. Hunt, II, Sotheby’s 21 June 1990, 486, ex Bank Leu 28, 5 May 1981, 144.