Ancients: LESBOS. Mytilene. Ca. 521-478 BC. EL sixth-stater or hecte (10mm, 2.55 gm, 1h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5....

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LESBOS. Mytilene. Ca. 521-478 BC. EL sixth-stater or hecte (10mm, 2.55 gm, 1h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5. Archaic gorgoneion facing, tongue protruding / Incuse bearded head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress; neck truncation formed by two rows of small squares, four above and six below; rectangle with irregular interior surfaces behind. Bodenstedt 19.1. SNG von Aulock 1691. HGC 6, 944. A spectacular, animated, and terrifying depiction of a gorgoneion ready to attack the viewer, on a delightful pale yellow flan.

From the Wetmore Collection of Gold and Electrum. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 102 (18 May 2016), lot 419.

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