Triton XVIII, Lot: 591. Estimate $750. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.55 g, 1h). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of cock left; rectangular punch behind. Bodenstedt Em. 7; HGC 6, 931; SNG Copenhagen 302; SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA –; BMC 24; de Luynes 2543–4; Rosen 552 = Pozzi 2319; Weber –. Near EF, toned, small scratch on obverse. Rare.