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Influenced by Athens

389, Lot: 255. Estimate $300.
Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.52 g, 4h). Forepart of goat right, head reverted / Owl standing facing, wings spread, within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 42; HGC 6, 968. VF.


The reverse type of this issue is thought to be copied from that of the famous Athenian dekadrachms.