Ancient Gold
Lot 3137 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Ancient Gold
Estimate $800
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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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