CNG 105, Lot: 256. Estimate $750. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.52 g, 9h). Forepart of goat right, head reverted / Owl standing facing, wings spread, within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 42; HGC 6, 968. Good VF, lightly toned.

The reverse type is thought to be copied from the famous Athenian dekadrachms.