Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 606. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $2450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57 g, 10h). Forepart of winged boar right / Incuse head of roaring lion right; rectangular punch behind. Bodenstedt Em. 15 (dies a/ε); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 1 and 3 (same obv. die); Weber 5596 (same obv. die). Good VF.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.