Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B63

ca 430-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Forepart of winged lion left, roaring and threatening / Winged sphinx with the head of a male youth sitting right within thin square frame, the whole in incuse square. This coin is extremely interesting in that it has a man-headed sphinx on the reverse. The obverse image is borrowed from the coins of Klazomenai. Good VF.

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City/Mint name:	Mytilene EL
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Keywords:	electrum / classical
References:	Bodenstedt 63 (e?/new); Boston 1694
Valuation:	Gemini Auc. VI (1/2010), lot 146 ($2,800 + comm)
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Date added:	Feb 26, 2010
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