Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 178. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Methymna. Circa 450/40-406/379 BC. AR Drachm (3.14 g, 12h). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet / Kantharos; M-A-Θ around; all in pelleted square within shallow incuse square. Franke, Münzprägung 8; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen 349 (same dies); BMC 11; Traité II 2259 (same dies as illustration); SNG Fitzwilliam 4376 (same dies); SNG Lockett 2779-80; Pozzi 2341; Weber 5658. Good VF, toned, a hint of porosity. Rare and exceptional for type.