Ancient Gold
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Lot 4513 Session 15 (7.30pm Friday) Ancient Gold
Estimate $1,100
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,400
LESBOS, Mytilene, c.521-478 B.C., electrum hekte (2.568 grams), Bodenstedt dates 497 B.C., obv. head of roaring lion to right, rev. incuse head of calf to right, (S.4240 [£600]; Bodenstedt 13 [same dies as obv. e/ rev. **l*], Boston 1679ff., BMC 17ff., Weber 5603-4). Flan crack, otherwise extremely fine and scarce.
Ex Triton V, Auction Sale New York, January 15-6, 2002 (lot 1418, illustrated). Bodenstedt notes 140 examples of this spectacular type from 22 obverse dies. Many examples known are in published collections.
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Estimate $1,100
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