Watch List notes:

LESBOS. Unattributed Koinon mint. Circa 510-480 BC. Stater (Billon, 21 mm, 10.86 g). Confronted heads of two calfs; between them, laurel tree. Rev. Rough incuse square. Gillet 1116 (this coin). HGC 6, 1076. SNG Ashmolean 1488-91. SNG Copenhagen 285. SNG von Aulock 1682. Traité I, pl. XV, 14. Beautifully toned and perfectly centered, a very attractive example with a splendid pedigree. Good very fine.


From an old British collection, ex Leu 65, 21-22 May 1996, 193 and Leu 13, 29 April 1975, 213, and from the collection of C. Gillet ('Kunstfreund', 1879-1972), photofile no. 1116.