CNG 94, Lot: 439. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 410-390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 15.17 g, 11h). Head of Kore Soteira left, hair in sphendone covered with a veil, wearing wreath of grain ears, single-pendant earring, and necklace; Σ-ΩT-[EIPA] above / Head of lion left; below, tunny left; KYZIK[HN-ΩN] around, [to right, owl standing left]. Pixodarus Type 1; Von Fritze II pl. V, 40 (same obv. die); SNG France 403 var. (symbol); SNG von Aulock 7346. Near EF, toned. Very high relief.

From the Roger Liles Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts II (25 March 1976), lot 172.

The high relief of the obverse die may be a result of re-engraving of the die. The SNG von Aulock 7346 coin may be struck from the same die in its original state.