Triton XIX, Lot: 193. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.55 g, 11h). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Bearded head of Silenos right within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 51; HGC 6, 977; SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA –; BMC –; SNG Copenhagen 307. Near EF, lightly toned. Very rare, only nine noted by Bodenstedt, six in CoinArchives.