Triton XIX, Lot: 192. Estimate $750. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.59 g, 9h). Bearded head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Confronted calf heads within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 50; HGC 6, 976 corr. (palmette not always present); SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA –; BMC 38 var. (palmette); Jameson 1475. Good VF, toned. Very rare without palmette on reverse, only six noted by Bodenstedt, one in CoinArchives.