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Auction X  27 September 2015
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Lot 442

Estimate: 1500 GBP
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Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. Circa 454-427 BC. Forepart of goat right, head reverted / Owl standing facing, wings spread, within incuse square. Bodenstedt 42; HGC 6, 968; SNG von Aulock 1693; SNG Lockett 2757 = Pozzi 2320; Boston MFA 1682; BMC 29–30; Weber 5606. 2.53g, 11mm, 11h.

Extremely Fine.

From the Kleines Meisterwerk Collection.

The reverse design of this coin is thought to have been copied from the Athenian dekadrachms, coins famous and impressive even in their own day.
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