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96, Lot: 38. Estimate $150.
Sold for $245. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Methymna. Circa 500-450 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.51 gm). Helmeted head of Athena left / Turtle in incuse dotted square. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Kayhan -; Rosen -. Good VF, light porosity. Very rare, and unpublished in the standard refrences.

This obol has been attributed to a Lycian dynast (cf. Klein 793), but the Athena portrait is identical to that on coins of Methymna. The turtle might be a connection to the "pseudoaeginetan" series, whose origin remains a mystery.