CNG 97, Lot: 176. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.57 g, 4h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Incuse female head right, wearing sphendone. Bodenstedt Em. 31; HGC 6, 958; Boston MFA 1691 = Warren 1603. Near EF, lightly toned. Extremely rare. The finest of four known (one in Boston, the other two in CoinArchives: NAC 78, 296 and Roma 7, lot 606).