Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 282. Estimate $1000. Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009. Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.55 g, 12h). Facing gorgoneion, grimacing with protruding tongue / Incuse head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress; small incuse square behind neck. Bodenstedt Em. 19.1 (dies b/β); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 14; SNG von Aulock 1691 (same dies); Boston MFA 1675; SNG Lockett 2756 = Pozzi 2314. EF, toned. Well centered.