★ A lovely and sharply struck hekte from Mytilene ★

LESBOS. Mytilene. Circa 412-378 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 10 mm, 2.54 g, 12 h). Head of Io to right, wearing taenia. Rev. Head of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy, within linear square. Bodenstedt 77. SNG von Aulock 1718. A lovely and sharply struck piece. The reverse struck very slightly off center, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.