The Second Known

CNG 102, Lot: 414. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.56 g, 8h). Forepart of bull right / Incuse head of lion right; rectangular punch behind. Bodenstedt Em. 5 var. (lion left); HGC 6, 929 var. (same). Good VF. Extremely rare, none known to Bodenstedt, only one in CoinArchives (erroneously listed as Bodenstedt Em. 2).