Greek Ionian Electrum Hecte, NGC Slab

**Originally Listed At $2000**

Greek, Ionia, Phocaea, ca. 387 to 326 BCE. Electrum Hecte. Obverse: Nymph head left, with hair in diadem and rolled behind the neck. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Ph109.2. Size: 0.4" W (1 cm); 2.55 grams

The earliest hectae - 1/6th staters, a rare coin made of electrum - came from Ionia, with Phocaea being one of the three most important mints for their production.

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-private Clark collection, New Jersey, USA, acquired in the 1990s

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#153172
Condition Report: Slabbed by NGC and rated XF. Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5.