Ancients
LESBOS. Mytilene. Ca. 460-450 BC. EL hecte, (12mm, 2.51 gm, 5h). Forepart of boar running right, truncation dotted / Head of roaring lion right within linear square frame. Bodenstedt 41. Traite II 2, 2154, pl. 159, 30. Sharply struck from a fresh obverse die. Likely the finest example known of this rare issue. NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. From The California Collection. Ex Gemini IX (9 January 2012), lot 110.
Estimate: 3000-4000 USD