Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG - Online Auction 198 | Silver, Lot 65
Lesbos. Mytilene circa 412-378 BC.
Sixth Stater or Hekte EL
10 mm, 2,53 g
Horned head of Io right, wearing tainia / Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath; all within linear square border within incuse square.
Very Fine
Bodenstedt 77; HGC 6, 1003.
From a southern German private collection; Ex Leu Web Auction 11, Lot 883.
In Greek mythology, Io was a mortal woman who was transformed into a cow by the god Zeus to protect her from the wrath of his jealous wife, Hera. Io was the daughte...