Rare Methymna Diobol

174, Lot: 42. Estimate $200. Sold for $665. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Methymna. Circa 500/480-460 BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 1.31 g). Facing gorgoneion / Bearded male head right, wearing Corinthian helmet, in dotted square within incuse square. Franke, Münzprägung 6; SNG Copenhagen -. Good VF, toned, light porosity.

Ex The David Herman Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 73, 13 September 2006), lot 309; Numismatica Ars Classica 29 (11 May 2005), lot 203.