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Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. Circa 521-478 BC. Forepart of bull to left; small M below / Incuse head of lion to right; rectangular punch to left. Bodenstedt 2; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; HGC 6, 927 corr. (M not noted); CNG 111, lot 223 (hammer: 1,100 USD). 2.59g, 10mm, 5h.
About Good Very Fine.
From a private UK collection.
An example of one of the very earliest emissions of electrum hektes from Mytilene. Only the first few initial issues identified the mint by including the letter M on the design. Unlike her fellow cities of Phokaia and Kyzikos, which also produced extensive series in electrum, Mytilene did not thereafter include a symbol or letter to identify her coins, perhaps because they were so well known that it was seen as unnecessary.
About Good Very Fine.
From a private UK collection.
An example of one of the very earliest emissions of electrum hektes from Mytilene. Only the first few initial issues identified the mint by including the letter M on the design. Unlike her fellow cities of Phokaia and Kyzikos, which also produced extensive series in electrum, Mytilene did not thereafter include a symbol or letter to identify her coins, perhaps because they were so well known that it was seen as unnecessary.