LESBOS. Mytilene. Ca. 521-478 BC. EL sixth-stater or hecte (10mm, 2.52 gm, 8h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5, scratches. Archaic gorgoneion facing, tongue protruding / Incuse bearded head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress; neck truncation formed by two rows of small squares, four above and four below; rectangle with irregular interior surfaces behind. Bodenstedt 19.1. SNG von Aulock 1691. HGC 6, 944. Well centered strike, with pleasing toning.
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