Lesbos, Mytilene Hecte circa 454-427, EL 2.52 g. Head of bearded god r. (Priapus) hair bound with only partially visible band. Rev. Female head r. (the nymph Chione or Dione), hair caught up in sphendone; the whole within incuse square. BMC 47. de Luynes 2556. Bodenstedt 43 a/β.
Very rare. Two very appealing portraits and a light reddish tone. About extremely fine
Ex NAC sale 48, 2008, 96. Privately purchased at TEFAF in 2011.
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