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84, Lot: 43. Estimate $250.
Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS. Circa 500-450 BC. Billon Obol (8mm, 1.02 gm). Head of an African right / Quadratic incuse square. Bodenstedt pg. 328 and Tafel 63, 4; SNG Copenhagen 296 var. (head left). Near VF. Rare ethnic depiction on an ancient coin.

The billon fractions of Lesbos are usually attributed to Mytilene, the chief city on the island.