Ancient Gold
Lot 3238 Session 11 (9.30am Friday) Ancient Gold
Estimate $700
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $800
LESBOS, Mytilene, c.450-330 B.C., electrum hekte (2.550 grams), Bodenstedt dates 357-326 B.C., obv. head of Poseidon to right, in laurel wreath, rev. trident head with scrolls within linear square, (cf.S.4252 [£600]; Bodenstedt 98a [same dies as obv. a/ rev. a], [dies illustrated enlarged Pl.32, 5]; de Luynes 2562 [same dies], Boston 1732 [same dies, Pl.82], BMC 117, SNG Cop. 328). Light filing on head, otherwise very fine and rare.
Bodenstedt notes eight examples of this type from three obverse and four reverse dies. Almost all examples known are in published collections. Two examples are known from this die combination.
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