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Lot 4221    Session 16 (9.30am Friday 25 November) Terry Naughton Collec    Ancient Gold Coins - Greek

Estimate $900
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,350

LESBOS, Mytilene, c. 521-478 B.C., electrum hekte (2.55 g), Bodenstedt dates 497 B.C., obv. head of roaring lion to right, **LE* behind, rev. incuse head of calf to right, (S.4240, Bodenstedt 14 [as unlisted dies], Traite II 2128, cf.SNG Cop. 301, Boston -, BMC 17, cf.Weber 5603-4, cf.SNG Fitz 4335). Extremely fine and rare.

Ex CNG Triton Sale XIII, January 6, 2010 (lot 1291).
Bodenstedt notes only 13 examples of this spectacular type from 4 obverse dies. Many examples known are in published collections of the variety lacking the obverse letters.

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