Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B76

ca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.4g, 11mm). Head of Dionysos facing right, wreathed and bearded with elegantly twirled moustache and finely engraved strands of hair, of archaizing style / Head of Kalathiskos-dance performer in linear square. This example, unusually gVF. Carr coll.

Five known to Bodenstedt, six others known of which this is the sixth. All examples of this type are from the same die pair.

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City/Mint name:	Mytilene EL
Keywords:	electrum / classical
References:	Bodenstedt 76
Valuation:	Pecunem Auc. 15 (4/2014), lot 202 (EUR 425 ($582) + comm)
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