386, Lot: 248. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 412-378 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.59 g, 7h). Bearded head of Ares right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Head of Amazon right, her hair drawn up and tied, in linear border within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 65 (rev. die ζ); HGC 6, 991. VF, struck with worn obverse die. Rare sub-variety.

This is a distinct sub-type of the normal variety, where the Amazon wears an ornate helmet. Bodenstedt recorded only one reverse die (ζ) for this type without the helmet. For his reverse die ζ, Bodenstedt recorded five examples, and there are five on CoinArchives. The obverse die for this coin is unrecorded by Bodenstedt.