Ancient Gold - Greek
Lot 3560 SESSION 17 (9.30AM FRIDAY 28TH JULY) Ancient Gold - Greek
Estimate $1,500
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SOLD $1,600
LESBOS, Mytilene, c. 521-478 B.C., electrum hekte (2.55 g), Bodenstedt dates 497 B.C., obv. head of roaring lion to right, rev. incuse head of calf to left, (S.4240, Bodenstedt 12, Boston MFA -, BMC 123, SNG von Aulock 1687 and 7721, HGC 6, 937). Well centred, extremely fine and rare.
Ex CNG eSale 385, October 26, 2016 (lot 210).
Bodenstedt notes only 13 examples of this spectacular type from 4 obverse dies. Many examples known are in published collections of the variety lacking the obverse letters.
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