TYPE Ancient Greece, Lesbos, mid-6th BC, billon-silver tenth stater, 1.04g DESCRIPTION . Obv: Confronted boars heads (forming also facing panther image) Rev: Incuse quadripartite square with uncertain design REFERENCE: cf. SG 3488 GRADING: F / F+, porosity, patchy toning, scarce ORDER INFO: G3298, $90 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.