The Last Mytilene Hekte

CNG 84, Lot: 625. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.53 g, 3h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing, within linear square. Bodenstedt Em. 105 (dies e/δ); SNG Copenhagen 315; Traité II 2191, pl. CLX, 31 (same dies). Good VF, flan a bit small. The final issue of hektes from Mytilene.