Extremely Rare Inscribed Hekte

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 699. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.43 g, 7h). Forepart of horse right; LE below / Incuse head of roaring lion right; incuse rectangular punch behind. Bodenstedt Em. 20 (dies a/a); SNG Copenhagen 301. VF, lightly toned. Extremely rare, only 3 examples listed by Bodenstedt, all from the same die pair.