★ Ex Sotheby's, 8 July 1996, 61 and from the R. P. Pflieger Collection, Vinchon, 13 April 1985, 357 ★
LESBOS. Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 10 mm, 2.56 g, 12 h). Head of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy and fruit. Rev. Facing head of bald Silenos with long beard and two animal ears within linear square. Bodenstedt 90.27 ( this coin ). SNG Copenhagen 323-324. SNG von Aulock 1718. Perfectly centered and very well struck. Tiny flan flaw on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.
From the Kleinkunst Collection, ex Sotheby's, 8 July 1996, 61 ('Highly important Greek and Roman coins') and from the R. P. Pflieger Collection, Vinchon, 13 April 1985, 357.
Price realized | 1'300 CHF |
Starting price | 600 CHF |
Estimate | 750 CHF |