LESBOS. Mytilene. Circa 412-378 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 9 mm, 2.57 g, 7 h). Head of a female to right, her hair bound in a sakkos, wearing single pendant earring. Rev. Lyre with four strings; all within linear square. Bodenstedt 79. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG von Aulock 1731. Unusually well centered and of particularly fine style. Struck on the usual slightly short flan and with a light scratch on the obverse, otherwise, extremely fine.
From a British collection of electrum coins from Lesbos and Ionia, formed in the early 2000s.
Price realized | 2'400 CHF |
Starting price | 600 CHF |
Estimate | 750 CHF |