Watch List notes:

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.51 g, 2h). Head of Athena right, wearing Chalkidian helmet, uncertain object on forehead / Confronted rams' heads; palmette above; all within incuse square. Bodenstedt –, but cf. Em. 57, reverse die α; HGC 6, –; CNG 105, lot 270 (same dies); Numismatik Naumann 81, lot 162 (same dies); cf. NAC 78, lot 1471 (same obv. die, different rev. type). Toned, off center on obverse, some die wear on reverse. VF. Extremely rare, one of only three known.


From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Gemini IX (9 January 2012), lot 111 (hammer $8000).