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Lot 2452    SESSION 12 (9.30AM THURSDAY 1ST AUG)    Gold

Estimate $800
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $2,000

LESBOS, Mytilene, c.377-328 B.C., electrum hekte, (2.55 g), Bodenstedt dates 428 B.C., obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, rev. head of female right, hair in sakkos, small coiled serpent behind, (cf.S.4250, Bodenstedt Em. 100A [dies d/n {unlisted combination}], SNG von Aulock 1714 [same rev. die], Boston MFA 1719 [same rev. die], Jameson 1487 [same obv. die]). Very fine and rare.

Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 99, lot 3273.

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