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Coin ID #6871

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.

File information
Filename:image00146.jpg
City/Mint name:Mytilene EL
Rating (1 votes):00000
Keywords:electrum / classical
References:Bodenstedt 63 (e?/new); Boston 1694
Valuation:Gemini Auc. VI (1/2010), lot 146 ($2,800 + comm)
Photo courtesy of:Gemini, LLC - www.geminiauction.com
Filesize:92 KiB
Date added:Feb 26, 2010
Dimensions:600 x 300 pixels
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