LESBOS. Mytilene. Circa 412-378 B.C. EL hekte. 2.55 gm. 10 mm. Head of Artemis-Cybele right, wearing stephane decorated with palmettes / Comic mask right within linear square, all within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 74. HGC 6, 1000. Good Very Fine; lightly toned; good style, high relief.

A rare and interesting type depicting the caricature mask worn by a Daktyl, a character in Greek comedy, a demonic dwarf-like being associated with mining and supposedly originating in the Ida Mountains in Phrygia.