CNG 87, Lot: 496. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. 5th-4th centuries BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (10mm, 2.65 g). Silenos crouching right on tunny, [pouring wine from amphora into cup] / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Von Fritze I 172 (unlisted denomination); Hurter & Liewald I 172 (same obv. die); cf. SNG France 318-9 (stater); SNG von Aulock -; Triton XI, lot 212 (same obv. die). Good VF. Extremely rare as a hekte.