Triton XIX, Lot: 182. Estimate $1500. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.53 g, 9h). Diademed head of Silenos right / Two ram heads butting each other; all in incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 37; HGC 6, 963; SNG von Aulock 7726; Boston MFA –; BMC 39–42. Superb EF, toned. Boldly struck. Very rare without palmette between rams’ heads.