Ancient Gold
Lot 4310 Session 15 (7.30pm Friday) Ancient Gold
Estimate $650
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SOLD $650
LESBOS, Mytilene, c.454-428 B.C., electrum hekte (2.476 grams), Bodenstedt dates 428 B.C., obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, rev. fore part of goat to right within rectangular linear square, (cf.S.4243, Bodenstedt 59 (dies b/**a*, SNG von Aulock 1698 [same reverse die], SNG Cop. 311 [same dies]). Nearly very fine/good fine and rare.
Bodenstedt reports only 8 examples of this type from all dies.
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Lot 4310 This lot
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Estimate $650
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