Ancient Gold
Lot 3263 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Ancient Gold
Estimate $650
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $750
LESBOS, Mytilene, 450-330 B.C., electrum hekte (2.49 grams), Bodenstedt dates 396-394 B.C., obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, rev. female head (Hero) with long hair to right in rectangular linear square, (cf.S.4250, Bodenstedt 70 (cf.dies f/**q*), SNG von Aulock 1713, SNG Fitz. 4353-4, Weber 5619). Nearly very fine/good fine and rare.
Bodenstedt reports only 14 examples of this type from all dies.
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Lot 3263 This lot
LESBOS, Mytilene, 450-330 B.C., electrum hekte (2.49 grams), Bodenstedt dates 396-394 B.C., obv. laureate head ...
Estimate $650
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