LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth

LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.56 g, 4h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Rock partridge standing right in linear square within incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 58; HGC 6, 984; Asia Minor Coins 13790 (this coin). A few hairlines. Good VF. Rare.

From the Dr. Adrian Carr Collection. Ex Numismatik Naumann 55 (2 July 2017), lot 212; Classical Numismatic Group 102 (18 May 2016), lot 423.

This issue is the only ancient coin type to depict the rock partridge (Alectoris graeca).