CNG 105, Lot: 271. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (11mm, 2.54 g, 2h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of calf right within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 56; HGC 6, 982. Good VF, toned. Well centered and struck.

This emission of coins may actually belong to the following period of coinage, dated circa 412-387 BC. See lot 275 below, struck from the same reverse die, but with an obverse belonging to the later emission 66.