Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 778. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $1025. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Unattributed early mint. Circa 550-500 BC. BI Stater (14.22 g). Lion standing facing, seen from above / Rough incuse square. SNG München -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC -; Traité I 548. Near VF, toned. Very rare type showing whole body of lion.

Traité I 549 incorrectly lists BMC 3 as being the same type, but that coin only shows the lion’s head.