Very Rare Hekte with Overlapping Faces

384, Lot: 215. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3223. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (11mm, 2.54 g, 9h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Two confronted female heads, their faces overlapping, within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 55; HGC 6, 981. VF, well centered and struck. Very rare.