Extremely Rare Hekte

Triton XIX, Lot: 164. Estimate $1000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 500-450 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.68 g). Head of Zeus-Ammon right on tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Von Fritze I 130 (unlisted denomination); cf. Greenwell 3 (same); cf. SNG France 281 (stater); cf. Boston MFA 1520 (stater); cf. Gulbenkian 640 (stater); cf. Jameson 1419 (stater); cf. Weber 4987 (stater); Giessener Münzhandlung 89, lot 169; Numismatica Ars Classica 59, lot 605. EF. Well centered and struck. Extremely rare as a hekte, apparently the third known.