Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 224. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (2.50 g, 3h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Head of Pharnabazos right, wearing kyrbasia. Bodenstedt Em. 71 (dies b/b); BMC Troas 105; SNG Fitzwilliam 4349; Boston MFA 1706; Weber 5633 (all from the same dies). VF, die a little rusty. Extremely rare, eight examples cited by Bodenstedt, four of which are in museums. ($500)