LESBOS. Mytilene. Ca. 454-427 BC. EL sixth-stater or hecte (10mm, 2.53 gm, 6h). NGC VF 5/5 - 4/5. Head of Actaeon right, with wavy hair, stag horn sprouting from head / Head of gorgoneion facing; within incuse square. Bodenstedt 54. HGC 6, 980. In Greek mythology, Actaeon was a woodlands hunter who chanced to spy Artemis bathing in a stream. In retaliation for his gazing upon her nakedness, she turned him into a stag, which was then chased down and torn apart by his own hunting hounds.

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