Triton XVI, Lot: 423. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 500-450 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (12mm, 2.74 g). Bearded head left, wearing helmet in the style of a griffin’s head; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I –; Hurter & Liewald I 17a; SNG France –; SNG von Aulock 7291 (same dies); Boston MFA –. EF. Extremely rare, the third known.

The pedigree, Naville IV, lot 698, given for the illustrated example in Hurter & Liewald is incorrect. The Naville coin is the same coin as Kunstfreund 7, which is Hurter & Liewald 18a.