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Long Beach Signature Sale 3057 7-8 Sep 2017
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LESBOS. Mytilene. Ca. 454-427 BC. EL sixth stater or hecte (2.58 gm). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 5/5. Head of Actaeon right, with wavy hair, stag's horn sprouting from head / Facing Gorgoneion in linear square, within incuse square. Bodenstedt 54. HGC 6, 980. Rare! With a handsome head of the unfortunate hunter Actaeon.
In Greek mythology, Actaeon was a woodlands hunter who chanced to spy Artemis bathing in a stream. In retaliation for his gazing upon her nakedness, she turned him into a stag, which was then chased down and torn apart by his own hunting hounds.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 800-1000 USD
LESBOS. Mytilene. Ca. 454-427 BC. EL sixth stater or hecte (2.58 gm). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 5/5. Head of Actaeon right, with wavy hair, stag's horn sprouting from head / Facing Gorgoneion in linear square, within incuse square. Bodenstedt 54. HGC 6, 980. Rare! With a handsome head of the unfortunate hunter Actaeon.
In Greek mythology, Actaeon was a woodlands hunter who chanced to spy Artemis bathing in a stream. In retaliation for his gazing upon her nakedness, she turned him into a stag, which was then chased down and torn apart by his own hunting hounds.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 800-1000 USD