LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.54 g, 6h).

Triton XXIII – Session Two – Greek Coinage Part II through Roman Imperial Coinage Part I
Lot: 347. Estimated: $ 1 000

Greek, Electrum

Sold For $ 1 800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.54 g, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena facing three-quarters right / Head of Hermes right, wearing kausia behind his draped neck, within linear square. Bodenstedt Em. 86; HGC 6, 1012; SNG von Aulock 1709 and 7738; SNG Copenhagen 319; Boston MFA 1733–4; Gulbenkian 710 = Locker Lampson 285 = Weber 5620; Ward 645 (this coin). Toned. Near EF.

From the Weise Collection. Ex Star Collection (LHS 102, 29 April 2008), lot 272; James & Sneja Velkov Collection (Vinchon, 24 November 1994), lot 133; John Ward Collection/Metropolitan Museum of Art (Sotheby’s Zurich, 4 April 1973), lot 547.


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