TYPE Ancient Greece, Lesbos, mid-6th BC, billon-silver tenth (twentieth?) stater, 1.11g DESCRIPTION . Obv: Confronted boars heads (forming also facing panther image), Greek letters 'lambda-epsilon' between them Rev: Incuse quadripartite square with uncertain design REFERENCE: cf. SG 3488 GRADING: AVF, porosity, patchy toning, scarce ORDER INFO: G3297, $125 The earliest, archaic coinage of the island, not attributed to any city, though possibly from Mytilene. The two confronted boars' heads that form also a facing panther image is an interesting example of early ancient optical illusions. Rare version with the elusive 'LE' ethnic on obverse.