  We present Chandra ACIS-S observations of the enigmatic
  Seyfert-2 galaxy NGC4698. This object together with several other bona-fide
Seyfert-2 galaxies show no absorption in the low spatial resolution ASCA data,
in contrast to the standard unification models. Our Chandra observations of
NGC4698 probe directly the nucleus allowing us to check whether nearby sources
contaminate the ASCA spectrum. Indeed, the Chandra observations show that the
  ASCA spectrum is dominated by two nearby AGN. The X-ray flux of NGC4698 is
dominated by a nuclear source with luminosity L(0.3-8 keV) ~ 10^39, erg s-1
coincident with the radio nucleus. Its spectrum is well represented by a
power-law, ~ 2.2, obscured by a small column density of 5x10^20 cm-2 suggesting
that NGC4698 is an atypical Seyfert galaxy.
  On the basis of its low luminosity we then interpret NGC4698 as a Seyfert
galaxy which lacks a broad-line region.
