Greek, Roman, Byz. Collection
Lot 3226 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Greek, Roman, Byz. Collection
Estimate $1,200
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SOLD $1,800
LESBOS, Mytilene, c.430 B.C., electrum hekte (2.530 grams), Bodenstedt dates 454-428/7 B.C., obv. head of Aktaion with stag's ear and small horn to right, his hair falling on his shoulders in coarse locks, rev. Gorgon head facing within linear square, (cf.S.4246 [£850]; Bodenstedt 54; SNG Von Aulock 1697, SNG Lockett 2760, SNG Fitz. 4348). Of the finest early Classical style, good very fine and very rare.
Aktaion had inadvertently seen Artemis bathing and she in her anger changed him into a stag and he was torn to pieces by her own dogs. This myth is popular in Greek vase painting but only found on coins from Kyzikos, Lampsakos and this hekte of Mytilene and in all cases for one issue only. On this piece the transformation from a youth to the stag is illustrated with the hair turning into a mane. Bodenstedt knew of only 38 pieces.
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