393, Lot: 106. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. 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, 2.52 g, 10h). Forepart of goat right, head reverted / Owl standing facing, wings spread, within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 42; HGC 6, 968. VF, toned, die breaks on the reverse.
The reverse type of this issue is thought to be copied from that of the famous Athenian dekadrachms.