CNG 96, Lot: 417. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.55 g, 11h). Bearded head of Priapos right, wearing tainia / Head of female (nymph Chione or Dione?) right, hair in sphendone, within shallow incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 43; HGC 6, 969. VF, a few light marks. Very rare, only four examples noted by Bodenstedt.