408, Lot: 165. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.52 g, 3h). Forepart of goat right, head reverted / Owl standing facing, wings spread, within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 42; HGC 6, 968. VF, lightly toned.

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