LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.56 g, 6h).

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LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.56 g, 6h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Head of satyr facing, with full head of hair, within linear square. Bodenstedt Em. 90; HGC 6, 1016 corr. (symbols sometimes on rev.). Toned. In NGC encapsulation 4682093-011, graded Ch XF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 5/5. An attractive coin with a particularly well centered head of satyr on the reverse.

Bodenstedt’s emission 90 encompasses a wide array of reverses. While always depicting a satyr, he sometimes has hair, but usually without, and sometimes there are subsidiary symbols in the margins around the satyr’s head.

Closing Date and Time: 18 December 2019 at 10:38:20 ET.

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