Very Rare Stephanophoric Issue
Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 213. Estimate $3000. Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008. Sold For $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 170-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.04 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Draped bust of Kore right, wearing oak wreath /
KUZI-KHNWN, torch; monograms above and below; all within laurel wreath. Von Fritze II 33 (for type); SNG France -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. Good VF, gray toning with golden hues in the devices. Very rare, apparently unpublished with these monograms.
From the Semon Lipcer Collection.