Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 912. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006. Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.57 g, 12h). Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Head of satyr right in linear square. Bodenstedt Em. 87 (unlisted dies); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 101; SNG von Aulock 1719; Boston MFA -; Traité II 2206; De Luynes 2570. Near EF, two spots of die rust on obverse, slight die shift and scuff on cheek on reverse. Very rare, only nine specimens cited by Bodenstedt, seven of which are in museums. ($500)
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 67 (22 September 2004), lot 671.