LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.56 g, 12h).

Triton XXIV
Lot: 653. Estimated: $ 4 000

Greek, Electrum

Sold For $ 7 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.56 g, 12h). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of cock left; rectangular punch to right. Bodenstedt Em. 7; HGC 6, 931; SNG Copenhagen 302; BMC 24; de Luynes 2543–4; Rosen 552 = Pozzi 2319. Attractively toned, light marks on reverse. Superb EF. Perfectly centered.

Ex Gemini VI (10 January 2010), lot 139.


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