LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.60 g, 6h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of calf right within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 56; HGC 6, 982. VF.
LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.50 g, 9h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Confronted rams' heads; palmette above; all within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 57; HGC 6, 983 corr. (palmette not noted). VF, struck from worn dies.
LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 412-378 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (11mm, 2.58 g, 12h). Forepart of winged lion left / Sphinx seated right in linear square within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 63; HGC 6, 989 corr. (winged lion, not boar). Good VF, struck slightly off center.
LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 412-378 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.59 g, 6h). Head of Apollo facing slightly right, wearing laurel wreath / Head of Amazon right, wearing ornate helmet, in linear square within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 64; HGC 6, 990. VF, struck from a rusty obverse die.
LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 412-378 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.55 g, 11h). Head of Ares right, wearing crested helmet decorated with forepart of griffin / Head of Amazon right, wearing ornate helmet, in linear square within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 65; HGC 6, 991. VF.
LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 412-378 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.52 g, 9h). Head of nymph right / Horned head of Pan right in linear square within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 69; HGC 6, 995. VF, some obverse die rust.
LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 412-378 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.56 g, 9h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of female right in linear square within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 70; HGC 6, 996. VF.
LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 412-378 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (11mm, 2.58 g, 9h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Head of Artemis-Kybele right, wearing stephane; all in linear frame within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 73; HGC 6, 999. VF, some obverse die rust.
IONIA, Erythrai. Circa 550-500 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.56 g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin; the lion skin has three rays emanating from its forehead / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. SNG Kayhan 737–8 var. (without rays); cf. SNG von Aulock 1942 var. (same); SNG Copenhagen –; cf. Boston MFA 1806–7 var. (same). VF, struck slightly off center.An interesting variety of this type with the lion skin having three rays emanating from its forehead, much like the earlier electrum coinage issued by the Lydian kings (see CNG eAuction 324, lot 139 for an example).
IONIA, Miletos. Circa 350-340 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 3.52 g, 12h). Theopropos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion standing left, head right; star above, [Θ]EOΠPOΠO[Σ] in exergue. Deppert 108 (V10/R13); Marcellesi 3; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen 961. VF, toned, reverse cleaning scratches.From the W. H. Guertin Collection.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (11mm, 2.51 g). Head of ram left; below, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 37. VF, toned.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.56 g). Forepart of bull left; above, small seal right / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 58. VF.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.53 g). Head of young male left, wearing tainia; to right, small seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 63. Near VF, obverse die rust.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9mm, 2.56 g). Head of Pan(?) left; behind, seal downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 75. VF. Well centered. Very rare, only two cited by Bodenstedt (both in museums–Bibliothèque Nationale and ANS), and only six in CoinArchives.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.53 g). Head of female left; below, small seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 78. VF, struck slightly off center.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.55 g). Bearded head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin; small dolphin left at base of neck / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 80. VF, struck slightly off center.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.55 g). Bearded head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin; [small dolphin left at base of neck] / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 80. Good VF, flan flaw in obverse field.
IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.52 g). Bearded head left (Tissaphernes?), wearing satrapal headdress / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 86; Winzer 6.6. VF, slightly off center, obverse die rust. Rare.The identity of the individual on the obverse of this issue is uncertain, though both Bodenstedt and Winzer name Tissaphernes. A number of satraps, including Tissaphernes, issued coinage in their own name with their portraits, and researchers have attempted to draw parallels between those portraits and that on the present coinage, though none have been conclusive.