★ An exceptional Hekte with a magnificent early Classical facing head and a beautifully designed reverse ★

LESBOS. Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 9 mm, 2.54 g, 11 h). Head of a nymph facing slightly to right, wearing taenia. Rev. Confronted heads of two boars within incuse square. Bodenstedt 45. Boston MFA 1692. HGC 6, 971. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG von Aulock -. Very rare. An exceptional piece with a magnificent early Classical facing head and a beautifully designed reverse. A few light marks, otherwise, good very fine.

From a collection formed before 1990.