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Home > Lesbos > Mytilene EL Most viewed - Mytilene EL Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B42812 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 11h). Forepart of goat right, head left / Owl standing facing, wings spread, within incuse square. VF, light obverse die rust, die break on reverse. Rare. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B96794 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Laureate head of Zeus right / Forepart of serpent right within linear square border. Good VF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B-793 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 6h, 11mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / Female head (Persephone and Hecate) right, wearing triangular earring, within linear square. VF. The cataloger of this coin thought it to be a “mule” of B100 and B99. However, the reverse is different than B99 with the female wearing triangular earrings. There are no die matches for the obverse and the reverse is a new type. Noting a new emission is important, as it adds two extra years to the period of emissions of hecte from Mytilene. If the emissions did cease with Alexander, then each coin unknown to Bodenstedt supports the view that hecte were issued earlier than he suggests. It appears this is the eighth new emission unknown to Bodenstedt. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B44790 viewsca 454-427 BC. El Hekte (2.53g, 12h). Diademed female head facing slightly right / Bull's head left; M above. VF. Struck with fresh dies. Very rare. Bodenstedt records only 4 specimens of this variety with the M on the reverse die, all of which are in museums. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B91767 viewsca 350-335 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Veiled head of Demeter facing right, wearing grain-wreath and earring / Tripod with taenia in square frame; the whole in incuse square. EF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B93766 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Bust of young Pan right, wearing oak wreath. Obverse double struck, VF/EF. Very rare. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B17759 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10.8mm). Forepart of winged boar right / Incuse head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; small square punch behind. EF, very rare. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B56751 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Cow's head right in incuse square. VF. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B39751 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 3h). Male head right / Calf’s head right within a linear square. Rare. With a particularly beautiful head. Extremely fine. Belgian private collection; with Tradart, Geneva. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B90747 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 12h, 9mm). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Facing large bald head of satyr with small ‘ears’ and close cropped beard and moustache, all within linear square. Good VF. Carr coll. There are seven general reverse varieties/types for Bodenstedt 90. This is the first known from an auction of what we can call "type 7."1 comments Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B16744 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.53g, 6h). Head of ram right; below, cockerel standing left / Incuse head of roaring lion left. Near EF. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B37744 viewsca 454­-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.50g, 11h). Diademed head of Silenos right / Two ram heads butting each other, palmette between; all in incuse square. Good VF. Well centered. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B38741 viewsca 460-440 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g). Head of Silenos in three-quarter view, looking left / Head of roaring lion facing right in square frame, the whole in incuse square. Good VF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B72741 viewsca 360-340 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g). Head of Athena facing right, wearing Attic helmet, the side-flap turned up / Lion-scalp facing in thin square frame, all in incuse square. Good VF/VF. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B43726 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Head of bearded god right (Priapos), hair bound with only partially visible band / Female head right (the nymph Chione or Dione), hair in sphendone; the whole within incuse square. Extremely rare. aEF. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B02720 viewsbefore 522 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Forepart of bull left / Incuse lion's head right. VF/EF. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B74713 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of Artemis-Kybele right, wearing stephane decorated with palmettes / Head of an African right, wearing stephane, within linear square. Good VF, nicely centered. Very rare; only one coin with this die combination recorded by Bodenstedt. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B96712 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Forepart of serpent right within linear square. Good VF, a little off center. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B54711 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 3h). Head of Aktaeon right, wearing stag's horn / Gorgoneion in linear square within incuse square. Good VF. Herman Coll.; Ex Elsen 71 (9/2002), lot 214. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B55 var703 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Two confronting female faces overlapping; all within incuse square. Good VF. This is an unrecorded variety of Bodenstedt 55 with the head of Athena similar to an unknown type - Coin ID #11287, which was a coin sold at the Gemini Auc. IX (1/2012), lot 111.1 comments Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B61694 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 6h). Head of Io facing, turned slightly right / Head and neck of bull right within linear square. Very rare. Rusty obverse die, aEF. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B12 var692 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Head of roaring lion facing left / Incuse head of calf facing left; rectangular punch behind. EF. This is an unrecorded variant of Bodenstedt 12 with the lion facing left instead of right. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B45688 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 7h), struck circa 430 BC. Head of nymph (Europa?) three-quarter facing and turned slightly right, wearing taenia / Two boars' heads confronting each other. Very rare. Minor scratches on rev, otherwise aEF. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B67675 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.5g, 11mm). Head of Zeus Ammon right / Female head right, wearing stephane, within linear square. VF. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B46 671 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Female head right, wearing sakkos / Two herms (?) facing, one male, one female, within linear border; all within shallow incuse square. The male herm with an exaggerated erect phallus. Good VF. Carr coll. Six examples known to Bodenstedt. This appears to be only the second example offered at electronic auction or sale. The dies for this coin are unrecorded in Bodenstedt, but the same as the other example offered at electronic auction (Roma Numismatics 7 (3/2014), lot 611).1 comments Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B34669 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.52g, 3h). Bearded head of Silenos facing slightly right / Incuse head of roaring lion left. EF, toned. Exceptional. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B44666 viewsca 430 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 11h). Diademed female head facing slightly right / Bull's head left; M above; all within quadratum incusum. Extremely rare, probably the 8th specimen known. Large flan. About extremely fine. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B35 665 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.47g, 9mm, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Confronting calf’s heads and ΛΕ above, all within incuse square. Near VF. Carr coll. Ex Naville 9, lot 72 (9/2014). Bodenstedt notes two varieties of the reverse - one with the letters ΛΕ above the confronting calf’s heads and one without. Of the 24 examples noted by Bodenstedt, only 4 are with ΛΕ. The letters ΛΕ denote the coin is from the island of Lesbos. There are 5 different electrum coin emissions of Mytilene that include the letters ΛΕ - B14, B20, B23, B28 and B35. 1 comments Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B02659 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 11h). Forepart of a bull left, beaded wreath decorating the truncation / Incuse lion’s head with open jaws right; irregular incuse rectangle behind. Very rare. Lightly toned. Extremely fine. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B53.2659 viewsca 370 BC EL Hekte (2.57g, 10mm, 6h). Facing gorgoneion / Incuse head of lynx facing. EF 2 known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the 4th additional example offered at auction. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B58655 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g, 7h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Hen walking right in linear square within incuse square. Fine. Very rare, only five examples noted by Bodenstedt. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B-655 viewsca 378-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 10mm). Female head (Leda?) right, hair rolled behind / Head of Nike right, hair bound with a taenia, [N]-I/K-A, all within linear square. VF. Carr coll. Ex Münzen and Medaillen Deutschland, Auc. 22 (2008), lot 928 (Schulte coll.); ex Karl coll.; ex Münzen and Medaillen Deutschland, Auc. 9 (2001), lot 254. Only 3 examples known of this type. Obverse of all examples is die match with Bodenstedt 82 that he described as head of Leda. The obverse die for Bodenstedt 82 has a reverse of a swan and is only known by 2 specimens. The reverse of this coin is Nike. The inscription is not complete on any of the 3 examples known, but it is clear that the letters are N-I/K-A. Silvia Hurter, in her article on this specific example, notes that the inscription makes it clear that the reverse is Nike and it can be inferred that this coin was struck to commemorate a victory, but which is uncertain (see Die Nike von Mytilene: Eine anonyme Siegespragung, SM 202, June 2001, pp. 21-22). Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B06645 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.573g). Galloping boar left / Incuse lions head with gaping jaws, left. EF. Three known to Bodenstedt, no examples appear to have been sold at auction. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B84644 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g, 11mm). Head of nymph facing right, hair in sphendone / Amphora, two ivy leaves flanking; all within linear square border. VF. Rare. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B50634 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.6g, 2h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Heads of two confronted bulls within incuse square. Rare. EF. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B30629 viewsca 463 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.50g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Incuse head of facing lion. EF. Very rare. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B10622 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (10.5mm, 2.57g, 12h). Forepart of winged boar right / Incuse head of lion left; rectangular punch behind. EF, toned. Well centered. Very rare. Cooke coll. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B86621 viewsca 377 - 326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 6h, 11mm). Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly right, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace / Head of Hermes right, chlamys around shoulders and petasos behind neck, within linear frame. Good VF. Carr coll. The petasos, a wide-brimmed hat, is often identified with Hermes. Bodenstedt (p. 267) detects the work of this master engraver also on dies of Rhodes (SNR 51 [1972], pl. 6, 70) and perhaps Klazomenai (SNR 45 [1966], pl. I-II). Forty-one examples are recorded in Bodenstedt and a further forty-one examples have appeared in auction. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B65617 viewsca 400 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 6h). Head of Ares right, wearing crested helmet adorned with griffin / Head of Amazon right, wearing Thracian leather headgear, within linear square. aEF. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B23615 viewsca 470 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Forepart of a bridled horse right, wearing necklace of large beads and with ornamented truncation, ΛΕ below / Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress and with neck ornamented with small squares; all in incuse. Ex Gemini IX, lot 108; Ex Zuzim; Ex Kunker 243, lot 4633 (11/2013). Carr coll. This obverse is one of the very few produced at Mytilene that bears the initial letters of the island Lesbos. At time of auction only one other known outside Bodenstedt. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B53.2612 viewsca 477-455? BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.48g). Gorgoneion facing / Incuse head of lynx facing. VF/EF. Extremely rare. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B64610 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm). Laureate head of young Apollo 3⁄4 facing / Head of an Amazon in Thracian leather helmet with cheek guards to right. gVF. Bodenstedt records four examples of this type - one of which is this coin. A further five examples have appeared in auction. Ex Coll. James et Sneja Velkov, Auc. Jean Vinchon, Paris. 24 (11/1994), lot 138. Ex Bank Leu Auc. 7 (5/1973), lot 220. The cataloguer of this coin at auction remarks that the obverse is a stylistic copy of the early tetradrachms of Amphipolis. See Kurt Regling, ZfN 33 (1922), p. 48, Anm. 2 and p. 60. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B76605 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g, 9h). Wreathed and bearded head of Dionysos right, of archaizing style / Head of Kalathiskos-dance performer in linear square within incuse square. VF. Very rare, only one die pairing known for this emission. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B67604 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.46g, 2h). Head of Zeus Ammon right / Female head right wearing stephane within incuse square. VF, lightly toned. Very rare, only 5 examples known to Bodenstedt, this die pairing unpublished. Ex CNG 61 (9/2002), lot 667. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B85602 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm, 7h). Young male head right, horned, wearing taenia (Pan?) / Female head right, hair in sphendone. gVF. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B70601 viewsca 396 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Female head right with long hair, in square incuse with linear square border. A scarce type. Very fine/good fine Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B52599 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.51g, 3h). Diademed youthful male head right / Wreathed bearded male head right within incuse square. Good VF, light scratch on obverse. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B19.1599 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 10mm, 12h). Facing head of grimacing Gorgon, tongue protruding (no small row of top teeth) / Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin headdress; truncation with two rows of dots, rectangular punch behind neck; the whole in incuse. EF. Carr coll. Obverse and reverse die unknown to Bodenstedt and no match with examples that have come to auction thus far. 34 examples known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the 60th example offered at electronic auction or sale. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B52 587 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 10mm). Young male head facing right, wearing knotted taenia with lotus-like ornament above the forehead / Wreathed male head (in archaic style) facing right, wearing long beard, within incuse square. gVF, one of the best examples known, with reverse in much better condition than usual for this emission. Carr coll. Bodenstedt notes 29 examples of this emission. A further 30 examples have appeared at auction, this being the 30th.1 comments Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B21585 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.5g, 4h, 10mm). Head of ram left; below, cock right / Incuse head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin, rectangular punch behind. VF. Bodenstedt records eight examples of this type. A further eleven examples have appeared in auction. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B04579 viewsca 515 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Forepart of bull running left / Incuse head of roaring lion left, behind neck truncation incuse rectangle with uneven surface. Perfectly centered. Extremely fine. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B84579 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Head of nymph facing right. The hair above the forehead in a sphendone. Front of the ear, a spiral curl / Amphora with volute handles. EF. One known to Bodenstedt, one further example has been sold at auction – this coin. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B54578 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.54g). Head of Aktaeon right, with stag's horn / Gorgoneion, within linear square. VF. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B45a575 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10.5mm, 4h). Head of nymph three-quarter facing and turned slightly right, wearing taenia bound at back of head / Two boars' heads confronting each other, “A” between. nEF. Carr coll. It has been suggested that the obverse portrait is that of Sappho (see Coin ID #153) or Europa. Three examples noted by Bodenstedt, this appears to be only the eighth additional example offered at electronic auction. Of the total, four examples have the letter “A” between the heads.1 comments Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B67560 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.45g, 11mm). Bearded head right of Zeus Ammon with ram's horn, two tendrils of hair curling back from crown of head / Diademed head right of female, hair rolled above nape of neck, within square incuse. VF. Carr coll. Five examples noted by Bodenstedt, this appears to be only the ninth additional example offered at electronic auction. Of the more than 5,000 different electrum issues of Mytilene documented by the owner of this coin, this is the first ‘kidney-shaped’ flan noted. The obverse and reverse are a die match for Goldberg Auc. 70 (9/2012), lot 3118 and Pecunem Auc. 15 (4/2014), Lot 198. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B16 var559 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g, 11h). Ram’s head, facing left; below, cock running right / Incuse lion’s head facing right. F. This is a variant of Bodenstedt 16 in as much as the ram’s head faces left instead of right. Possibly unique as it is the only one to appear at auction and no other example appears in standard references. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B01558 viewsca 521-578 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Forepart of a bull left, M to left / Incuse head of roaring lion left. Good VF. Rare. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B55556 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.5g, 10mm, 2h). Head of Athena right, wearing corinthian helmet / Two overlapping female heads with archaic pigtails facing each other. Very rare. Very fine. Ex Gorny & Mosch Sale 200, #1719. Mytilene (BC 450) EL Hekte - B-556 viewsca 450 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Helmeted head of Athena / Two rams' heads opposed forehead to forehead, between them a palmette, all within incuse square. About EF. This coin is unknown to Bodenstedt and appears to be unique. The cataloguer of the Gemini sale suggests that the obverse appears to be from a die of trite size but is the same style as the Bodenstedt 55 variant on this website. The reverse appears to be a die match for Bodenstedt 57a. The trite size obverse die may provide evidence to the speculation that there were electrum coins of denominations between Hektes and Staters.1 comments Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL 1/12 Stater - B-550 viewsca 530-522 BC. EL Hemihekte (1.25g, 9.4mm). Forepart of winged boar, right / Incuse head of man-headed bull / river god, left. Obverse struck from rusty die, otherwise gVF. Carr coll. The cataloguer at CNG described this coin as “Unpublished. Unique, and this issue is unknown in any other denomination.” A fascinating and important coin, as it confirms that a fraction, in addition to Hekte, was issued by Mytilene. Bodenstedt suggested a series of fractional emissions could be attributed to Mytilene - these have a calf head facing right on the obverse and incuse square on the reverse. This attribution is disputed by many scholars (see Coin ID #12959). In this context, this new fraction is of significant interest.1 comments Mytilene (BC 530-522) EL 1/48 Stater - BE2549 viewsca 522 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.30g, 5mm). Calf head facing right / Incuse square punch. VF. Carr coll. One example noted by Bodenstedt, this appears to be only the fifth additional example offered at electronic auction. Obverse die match with Bod Tafel 50 E2 a/-.1 comments Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B47 545 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g, 10mm, 9h). Bearded head of Silenos right / Head of lion (or wolf?) facing within incuse square. gVF. This is only the fourth known example of this emission, two of which are noted in Bodenstedt. The reverse is a die match with a reverse die used for an emission of B48 (CNG 85, 411). Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B80542 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Female head right, hair in sakkos / Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, within linear square. Exceptionally well centred example, one of best known. gVF/EF. Carr coll. Six examples noted by Bodenstedt, this appears to be only the second additional example offered at electronic auction. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B51538 viewsca 440 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of bearded satyr right within square incuse. aEF. Ex Gemini Auctions IX (1/2012), lot 112. Mytilene (BC 530-522) EL 1/12 Stater - BE2537 viewsca 530-522 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.15g). Calf head facing right / Incuse square. Good VF. One example known to Bodenstedt, two examples have since appeared at auction. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B45535 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.55g, 2h). Diademed female head facing slightly right / Confronted boars’ heads within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B94528 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Lyre within linear square. VF. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B19528 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 11mm). Facing gorgoneion, tongue protruding / Incuse head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin. EF. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B68525 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 4h). Head of Artemis-Kybele right, hair in sakkos / Head of female left, hair in sakkos, lamp at forehead; all in linear square within shallow incuse square. Good VF, a little die rust. Extremely rare, only 6 examples known to Bodenstedt. Of the six coins listed by Bodenstedt, four are in museums (Karlsruhe, Boston, ANS, and s’Gravenhage). Only one other has appeared at auction recently: CNG 57 (4/2001), lot 478. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B-523 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.44g). Head of Persephone right / Lyre. VF, well centered. Apparently, an unrecorded variant. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B72520 viewsca 400-350 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 12h). Head of Athena facing right, wearing Attic helmet, the side-flap turned up / Lion-scalp facing in thin square frame, all in incuse square. gVF. Rare. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B41520 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 11mm, 1h). Forepart of boar right / Head of lion right within linear square. EF. 32 known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the 56th additional offered at auction. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B56519 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (2.47g, 10h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Cow's head right in incuse square. VF, minor die rust on obverse. Well centered obverse. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B53519 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 10mm, 9h). Diademed male head right / Kantharos between two leaves within linear square. Good VF. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B19.2516 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 10mm, 6h). Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Incuse head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin headdress; small incuse square behind, incuse club below. 2 known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the 1st offered at auction. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B15515 viewsca 521 - 478 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 10h, 10mm). Forepart of winged boar right / Incuse head of roaring lion right, rectangular punch behind. EF, B dies a/e. Bodenstedt records thirty-six examples of this type. A further thirty-four examples have appeared in auction. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B78514 viewsca 412 - 378 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 6h, 10mm). Head of Ariadne left, hair in sakkos decorated with three grape bunches / Lion crouching right, breaking spear in jaws, in linear square within incuse square. Good VF. Ex Ponterio. Carr coll. Ten examples are recorded in Bodenstedt and a further six examples have appeared in auction. 1 comments Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B01512 viewsca 521 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Forepart of bull running left, M before / Incuse head of roaring lion left, incuse punches behind. Rare. gVF. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B66510 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 10mm, 7h). Head of Ares right, wearing crested helmet decorated with forepart of griffin / Facing Corinthian helmet, linear frame around; all within incuse square. EF. Bodenstedt notes 2 examples of this coin, this appears to be the 1st additional example to come auction. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B103507 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.6g, 11mm). Laureate head of Zeus right / Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin, within linear frame. nEF. Carr coll. It has been suggested that these are portraits of Philip II as Zeus and Alexander the Great as Herakles. Five examples of this coin type are recorded in Bodenstedt and nine further examples have appeared in auction. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B13504 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 7h, 10mm). Head of roaring lion facing right / Incuse head of calf facing right; rectangular punch behind. VF. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B14504 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of roaring lion right, ΛE to left (facing outward, E retrograde) / Incuse head of calf right with collar, incuse rectangular punch behind. One of the finest known to capture all elements of the type, gVF. Carr coll. Thirteen examples known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the tenth example offered at electronic auction or sale. The obverse is one of the five coin types noted by Bodenstedt (B14, B20, B23, B28 and B35) that bear the initial letters of the name of the island - Lesbos. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B50496 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 9h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Heads of two confronted calves, palmette above, within incuse square. Rare. VF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B92492 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 11mm). Bust of Maenad, hair in sphendone, right / Torch in linear square. EF. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B- (B100/-)492 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm). Laureate head of Apollo right. / Female head (Persephone and Hecate) right, wearing triangular earring, all within linear square border. VF. Carr coll. This coin is the second known of this type (the first was in Heritage Auc. 3046 (4/2016), lot 29113). These two hybrids appear to share the same reverse die, but the obverse is different. This coin appears to be a combination of B100 and a reverse unknown to Bodenstedt. However, the reverse is a die match with Coin ID #12999. The cataloguer of the Heritage example thought the reverse was B99. However, the reverse is different than B99 with the female wearing triangular earrings. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B14490 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.4g, 10mm). Head of roaring lion right, ΛE to left / Incuse head of calf right. Near EF. Bodenstedt records thirteen examples of this type. A further nine examples have appeared in auction. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B62487 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte. Female head, three quarters facing right / Confronting and overlapping female heads within incuse square. One known to Bodenstedt. A further example has yet to appear at auction. The obverse appears to have a die match with that of B61 and the reverse appears to have a die match with that of B55. The die matches are not conclusive due to the different relative wear of the respective examples. However, the obverse and reverse are firmly related to earlier emissions. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B36485 viewsca 452-440 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g, 8h). Head of Silenos 3/4 facing to right, bald and with a full beard and goat’s ear / Head of lion with open jaws right; all within shallow incuse square. Carr coll. Five known to Bodenstedt and only two others known at time of this sale. aVF. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B44484 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.51g, 8h). Diademed female head facing slightly right / Bull's head left; M above; all within incuse square. Near EF. Very rare, only 6 examples recorded by Bodenstedt. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B-483 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 11mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / Female head (Persephone and Hecate) right, wearing triangular earring, within linear square. gVF. Die rust on obverse die and die match for Coin ID# 13789. Carr coll. This coin is unknown to Bodenstedt, but is the third to appear at auction. One cataloguer thought it to be a “mule” of B100 and B99. However, the reverse is different to B99 with the female wearing triangular earrings. Noting a new emission is important as it adds two extra years to the period of the emissions of hektai from Mytilene. If the emissions did cease with Alexander, then each coin unknown to Bodenstedt supports the view that hektai were issued earlier than he suggests. There are 13 new emissions that have appeared at auction that were unknown to Bodenstedt at the time of his catalogue. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B56480 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Cow's head right. Good VF. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B27480 viewsca 478­-455 BC. EL Hekte (10.5mm, 2.52g, 5h). Head of ram right; below, cock standing left / Incuse head of bull right. Good VF, lightly toned. Unusual centering, allowing full view of cock. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B51477 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.55g, 8h). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Bearded head of Silenos right within incuse square. Near EF. Very rare. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B59476 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 11mm, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Goat head to right within square linear frame. EF. 8 known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the 9th additional offered at auction. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B24475 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.49g, 12h). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of calf right. Carr coll. One of the better struck examples of this type, but with very long tongue. Eight known to Bodenstedt, four others known of which this is the fourth. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B90472 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 9h). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right/ Facing hairy large head of satyr, bunch of grapes in lower left field within linear square. Carr coll. There are 6 varieties of reverses for Bodenstedt 90 and of this variety 5 known at time of sale. This coin appears on pages 226 and 227 as plate LN1168 in Joseph Linzalone’s book “Electrum and the Invention of Coinage”. Ex Demetrios Armounta Coll. Ex CNG 75 (5/2007) lot 347; Ex CNG 94 (9/2013), lot 498. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B90 type 6 472 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 10mm). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right/ Facing large head of satyr with small ‘animal ears’, shaggy hair, close cropped beard and moustache, furrowed brow, ivy leaf top right in field, all within linear square. EF. Carr coll. Bodenstedt notes 16 obv. and 25 rev. dies. His reverse die varieties can be simplified to small variations of 3 different head types and 4 “motifs” that occur in the field. The 3 different head types are: small bald head with long tousled beard swept back, smooth forehead, long pointed ears upward; larger head, shaggy hair and close cropped beard and moustache, small ‘animal ears’, furrowed or smooth brow; as previous type but shaggy hair (as in this example). The 4 “motifs” are additions in the field: an ivy leaf, upper right and sometimes lower left corners; grapes, lower left corner (Bodenstedt makes a distinction on basis of a stem being present); 8-armed/beamed star top right corner; and, 8-armed/beamed star top left corner. These 7 simplified reverse varieties/types for Bodenstedt 90 have been described elsewhere on this website (see Coin ID #11346). Second known from auction. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B79470 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 11mm). Female head right, with hair in sakkos / Kithara within linear border. gVF. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B49469 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.46g). Head of Persephone right / Head of roaring lion right. Near VF, a few light scratches. Rare. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B43464 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 11mm, 4h). Bearded head of Priapos right, wearing tainia / Head of female (nymph Chione or Dione?) right, hair in sphendone, within shallow incuse square. EF. 5 known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the 8th additional offered at auction. 289 coins on 3 page(s) 1 2 3