Triton XVIII, Lot: 594. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (10.5mm, 2.56 g, 7h). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of calf left; rectangular punch behind. Bodenstedt Em. 12; HGC 6, 937; SNG von Aulock 1687 and 7721; SNG Ashmolean 1529; Boston MFA –; BMC 23; Weber 5605. EF, toned.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Acquired from Leu, May 1999.