IONIA. Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 10 mm, 2.54

IONIA. Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 10 mm, 2.54 g, 11 h). Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with a griffin on the bowl; below, small seal to left. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt 91. SNG Copenhagen 1028. SNG von Aulock 2131. Perfectly centered, with a full crest. Good very fine.


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