Triton XVII, Lot: 288. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.55 g, 5h). Bearded head of Priapos right, wearing tainia / Head of female (nymph Chione or Dione?) right, hair in sphendone, within shallow incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 43; HGC 6, 969; SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA –; BMC 47–8; de Luynes 2556. Good VF. Very rare, only four examples noted by Bodenstedt.