315, Lot: 58. Estimate $200. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.51 g, 3h). Ram’s head left; below, [eagle standing left] / Incuse head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; small incuse square behind, incuse club below. Bodenstedt Em. 21; HGC 6, 947. VF, some die rust.

The references describe an eagle standing left below the ram’s head on the obverse of this issue. Die rust and the shape of the flan make this difficult to discern on the present coin.