★ A sharply struck hekte from Mytilene with a facing head of Silenos ★

LESBOS. Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 10 mm, 2.57 g, 12 h). Head of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy and fruit. Rev. Facing head of Silenos with long beard and two animal ears within rectangular incuse. Bodenstedt 90. SNG Copenhagen 323-324. SNG von Aulock 1718. Sharply struck and very well centered. Very light die rust on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.