Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 607. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $855. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.50 g, 4h). Head of ram left; below, cock right / Incuse head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; rectangular punch behind. Bodenstedt Em. 21 (dies a/- [unlisted rev. die]); SNG Copenhagen -; Boston MFA 1674 (same obv. die); SNG von Aulock 1690 (same obv. die). VF, a few light scratches. Rare, only 8 examples listed by Bodenstedt.