Rare Hekte Depicting Priapos
Four Examples Noted in Bodenstedt

318, Lot: 196. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.55 g, 7h). Bearded head of Priapos right, wearing tainia / Head of female (nymph Chione or Dione?) right, hair in sphendone, within shallow incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 43; HGC 6, 969. Good VF. Only four examples noted by Bodenstedt.