The Prospero Collection - Part 12 - Baldwin's

520 Ionia, Phokaia (c.625-522 B.C.), Electrum Hekte, 2.60g. Female head facing to left, with long hair flowing
down her neck, a seal swimming downwards behind. Rev. Irregular incuse square (Bodenstedt -; cf. Leu
45, 1988, lot 218 & Leu 50, 1990, lot 166 (this reverse die); cf. Weidauer 191-4). Nearly extremely fine
and extremely rare. $ 6,000
Purchased privately in 1987
From The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection
521 Ionia, Phokaia (c.521-478 B.C.), Electrum Hekte, 2.53g. Bearded head of Selinos facing, wearing an
ivy-wreath, a small seal swimming upwards on left. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square (Bodenstedt 67
(a/α), pl. 47 (this coin)). Small scrape on the obverse at one o’clock, excellent style, good very fine
and very rare. $ 5,000
This coin published in ‘Die Elektronmünzen von Phokaia und Mytilene’, F. Bodenstedt, p. 148, 67, illustrated on pl. 47.
Ex G. Kästner 4, 1973, lot 125
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts, Auction V, Beverly Hills, 23 & 24 February 1978, lot 158
Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, Sotheby’s, New York, 21 & 22 June 1990, lot 502
522 Ionia, Phokaia (c.521-478 B.C.), Silver Trihemiobol, 1.40g. Female head facing to left, wearing a helmet.
Rev. Quadripartite incuse square (SNG Kayhan 525; SNG von Aulock 1813). Well-struck, extremely
fine, an excellent example. $ 700