Watch List notes:

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.54 g, 1h). Head of Silenos facing three-quarters right / Lion's head right within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 36; HGC 6, 962; SNG von Aulock 7725; Gulbenkian 878. EF. Fine style and well centered. An exceptional head of Silenos. Very rare, five noted by Bodenstedt, four additional in CoinArchives.


From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Roma XI (7 April 2016), lot 348 (hammer £9500).