CNG 105, Lot: 259. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.54 g, 2h). Diademed female head facing slightly right / Confronted boars’ heads within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 45; HGC 6, 971. Good VF, lightly toned. Very rare.
Bodenstedt’s Emission 45 contains two varieties, with and without a small letter A between the boars’ heads, though he does not differentiate them. Both are very rare.