Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B23

ca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Forepart of a bridled horse to right, wearing necklace of large beads and with ornamented truncation; Î›Î• below / Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress and with neck ornamented with small squares; all in incuse. An extremely rare and attractive hekte, combining dies used in other issues, all from roughly the same time period. Extremely fine. Anthemion coll. USA, acquired privately from Antiqua Inc., ca 2001.

This very rare issue combines a wonderful obverse die used for Bodenstedt 20, with the reverse type of the incuse head of Herakles that appeared in issues 17-19 and 21. The present obverse is one of the very few produced at Mytilene that bear the initial letters of the name of the island; Lesbos.

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Filename:	Nomos_Lesbos_B23.jpg
City/Mint name:	Mytilene EL
Keywords:	electrum / archaic
References:	Bodenstedt Em. 23
Valuation:	Nomos Auc. 3 (10/2011), lot 115 (CHF 4,200 ($4,798) + comm)
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Filesize:	66 KiB
Date added:	Nov 16, 2012
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