★ From the collection of Virgil M. Brand, Sotheby's, 2 February 1984, 193 ★

LESBOS. Unattributed Koinon mint. Circa 510-480 BC. Stater (Billon, 20 mm, 11.07 g). Confronted heads of two calves; between, olive tree. Rev. Small incuse square punch. Lazzarini, Contribution, Series III. HGC 6, 1076. Rosen 540. SNG Copenhagen 285. SNG von Aulock 1682. Beautifully toned and unusually sharply struck for the issue, with excellent details. Small flan faults on the reverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.

Ex Künker 133, 11 October 2007, 8148 and Leu 72, 12 May 1998, 245, and from the collection of Virgil M. Brand, Sotheby's, 2 February 1984, 193.