Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 271. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.32 g). Head of tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Hurter & Liewald III 21; Von Fritze I -; SNG France 174; SNG von Aulock -; Boston MFA -; Rosen 418. EF. Exceptional strike. Very rare, and better than the three recorded by Hurter & Liewald.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.