Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 906. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.55 g, 6h). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of cow right; incuse rectangular punch behind. Bodenstedt Em. 13 (unlisted dies); SNG Copenhagen 301; BMC 18; SNG von Aulock 1685; Boston MFA 1679. Good VF, lightly toned, struck with slightly worn obv. die. ($500)