Triton XV, Lot: 1199. Estimate $3000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. 5th-4th centuries BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.59 g). Boy seated facing, head right, legs splayed to left, holding in his right hand a tunny fish by the tail / Quadripartite incuse square. Hurter & Liewald II 169; cf. Von Fritze I 169 (denomination not listed); cf. Greenwell 89 (same); cf. SNG France 316 (stater); cf. SNG von Aulock 7314–5 (staters); cf. Boston MFA 1151 (stater); Vinchon, 7 October 2003, lot 33; Numismatic Fine Arts XXVII, lot 58. EF, banker’s mark in field on obverse. Extremely rare denomination.

Ex Lanz 66 (22 November 1993), lot 236.