★ A well struck hekte from Mytilene ★

LESBOS. Mytilene. Circa 521-478 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 10 mm, 2.61 g, 7 h). Head of a ram to right; below, rooster standing left, pecking at the ground. Rev. Incuse head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress; below, incuse club. Bodenstedt 18. SNG von Aulock -. SNG Copenhagen -. Lightly toned and very well struck, an attractive example. Good very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.