Sale: Nomos 7, Lot: 126. Estimate CHF3000. Closing Date: Tuesday, 14 May 2013. Sold For CHF2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 521-478 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 2.55 g 5), c. 500 BC. Ram’s head to right; below, rooster feeding to left.
Rev. Lion’s head with open jaws to right; behind, rectangle divided into two squares; all incuse. BMC 7-9. Bodenstedt 16. SNG von Aulock 1688/7719. Rare. An attractive pair of animal heads. Rooster’s head off the flan as usual,
otherwise, good extremely fine.
From the Spina Collection, ex Triton XI, 8 January 2008, 222.