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Coin ID #13310

Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B65 var.

ca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.59g, 10mm, 7h). Bearded head of Ares right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Head of Amazon right, her hair drawn up and tied, in linear border within incuse square. gVF. Carr coll.

This emission is a variation of Bodenstedt 65. The reverse usually shows Amazon wearing an ornate helmet with the forepart of a griffin. This coin shows the Amazon without a helmet and her hair drawn up and tied. Bodenstedt does describe this variation for which he records 5 examples from a single die. At auction, only 5 other examples have appeared, thus this appears to be only the 11th example known. The obverse is from a die unrecorded by Bodenstedt and unknown from the examples from auctions.

File information
Filename:Carr_B_65.jpg
City/Mint name:Mytilene EL
Keywords:classical / electrum
References:Bodenstedt 65 var
Valuation:CNG 386 (11/2016), lot 248 ($280+ comm)
Photo courtesy of:Classical Numismatic Group Inc - www.cng.coins.com
Filesize:196 KiB
Date added:Nov 10, 2016
Dimensions:800 x 415 pixels
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