Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 223. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (2.52 g, 12h). Laureate head of Dionysos right / Confronted bulls' heads; palmette above. Bodenstedt Em. 50 (dies a/b); BMC Troas 38; Gulbenkian 882; SNG Fitzwilliam 4345; de Luynes 2553 (all from the same dies). Good VF. Extremely rare, six examples cited by Bodenstedt, four of which are in museums. ($750)