LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.56 g, 12h). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of cock left; rectangular punch to right. Bodenstedt Em. 7; HGC 6, 931; SNG Copenhagen 302; BMC 24; de Luynes 2543–4; Rosen 552 = Pozzi 2319. Attractively toned, light marks on reverse. Superb EF. Perfectly centered.
Ex Gemini VI (10 January 2010), lot 139.