Phokaia, Ionia, Electrum Hekte, 2.59 gr. Ca. 520-500 BC. 

Three seals swimming in a circle to left around a central 
pellet. 
Quadripartite incuse square. 

BMFA 1895. Bodenstedt 29 a/a. 

The seal was the badge of Phokaia and a small one normally 
appears next to the main type to identify the city’s coinage. 

With permission of Leu Numismatik AG, Auction 86, lot 404.
Sold for 7,200 Swiss Francs, ca. $5,394.