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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (11mm, 2.55 g, 12h).
CNG Feature Auction 115 Lot: 209. Estimated: $ 500
Greek, Electrum
Sold For $ 475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.
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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (11mm, 2.55 g, 12h). Wreathed and bearded head of Dionysos right / Confronted calf heads; all within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 50; HGC 6, 976 corr. (palmette not always present). Die rust on obverse. VF. Struck on a broad flan.
From the Weise Collection. Ex Kallman Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 389, 18 January 2017), lot 274, purchased from Colosseum Coin Exchange; Coin Galleries (6 November 1996), lot 22.
Bodenstedt’s emission 90 encompasses a wide array of reverses. While always depicting a satyr, he sometimes has hair, but usually without, and sometimes there are subsidiary symbols in the margins around the satyr’s head.
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