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Lesbos, Methymna, silver stater, c. 480-450 BC, [Μ]ΑΘΥΜΝΑΙΟΣ, boar walking right with head lowered, scratching its snout with its left foreleg, rev., head of Athena right wearing helmet adorned with projecting spike and volute pattern on the bowl; within dotted frame set in incuse square, 8.36g, die axis 7.00, toned, good very fine and very rare. This coin published: SNG Lockett 2776. Other references: BMC 1, same dies; Gulbenkian 717, same dies; Boston 1658, same dies; Jameson 1466, same dies. Franke, P.R., Zur Münzprägung von Methymna, in Buchholz, H.G., Methymna (Mainz 1975), 1. Provenance: Madame Valette Collection; Feuardent, Paris, 16 June 1924, lot 118; R.C. Lockett Collection; Glendining, 21 February 1961, lot 2247; Prospero Collection; The New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012, lot 489. (10000 - 15000 GBP)