CNG 91, Lot: 261. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.49 g, 8h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Two steer heads confronted; ΛE above; all within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 35 (dies b/γ); HGC 6, 961 var. (letters not noted); BMC 37 (same dies). VF. Extremely rare with letters on reverse, Bodenstedt notes four examples, all from the same reverse die, all in museum collections (Berlin, BM, and Karlsruhe).