Details
LOT 2701
Lesbos, Mytilene EL 1/6 of Stater or Hekte. Circa 521-478 BC.
Head of ram to right; below, cockerel standing to left / Head of roaring lion to left; behind the truncation, rectangular punch; all incuse. BMFA 1677; Bodenstedt 11; SNG Lockett 2754; SNG von Aulock 7718. Good Very Fine.(2.45gr, 10mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired in London in 2010.
Private collection, Switzerland.
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