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416, Lot: 196. Estimate $500.
Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.50 g, 4h). Ram’s head left; below, cock standing right, pecking at the ground / Incuse head of lion right; rectangular punch to left. Cf. Bodenstedt Em. 21 (for obv.) / 2, 15, 16, 20, and 26 (for rev.); cf. HGC 6, 947/941; Lanz 154, lot 163 (same dies); Lanz 146 (25 May 2009), lot 175 (same dies); Gemini X, lot 113 (same dies). VF, lightly toned. Extremely rare hybrid, apparently the fifth known.