Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 909. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (2.54 g, 11h). Forepart of goat right, head left / Owl standing facing, wings spread, within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 42 (dies -/d; unlisted obv. die); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 29; SNG von Aulock 1693; Boston MFA 1682; Weber 5606 (same rev. die). VF, light obverse die rust, die break on reverse. Rare. ($500)