Ancient Gold
Lot 3068 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Ancient Gold
Estimate $1,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,000
LESBOS, Mytilene, c.450-338 B.C., electrum hekte (2.534 grams), Bodenstedt dates 360 B.C., obv. Persephone head to right, rev. bull butting to left, within linear square, (cf.S.4247, Bodenstedt 88, Boston 1722, BMC 65). Tight flan on obverse, otherwise good very fine and scarce.
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