ANCIENT GREECE. LESBOS, MYTILENE.
Electrum Hekte, circa 454-427 BC.
Obv: forepart of boar right. Rev: head of roaring lion right, within linear square.
Very Fine; a little gem of a coin.
From the Euclidean Collection; ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 80 (04/02/2021), lot 416; ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XI (07/04/2016), lot 353.
Reference: Bodenstedt-41; Traité-pl. CLIX, 30; Boston MFA-1684; BMC Lesbos-p.159, 31; SNG Copenhagen-309; SNG von Aulock-1694.
Die Axis: 6h.
Diameter: 10 mm.
Weight: 2.52 g.
Price realized | 650 GBP |
Starting price | 250 GBP |
Estimate | 500 GBP |