PHOCAEA ELECTRUM HECTE – DESIRABLE ARCHAIC ATHENA HEAD TYPE – AU NGC GRADED GREEK IONIA COIN (Inv. 20536)

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20536. IONIA. PHOCAEA. Ca. 521-478 BC.
Electrum Hecte, 2.56 g, 10 mm.
Obv. Head of Athena in Archaic style left, Corinthian helmet pulled back over the head, seal swimming upward at right. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square.
Bodenstedt 32.
Ex Harlan J. Berk Sale 200, 1/19/2017, lot 3
NGC graded AU, Strike 3/5, Surface 3/5, “marks,” of particularly refined Archaic style.