Sale: Nomos 8, Lot: 162. Estimate CHF1000. Closing Date: Monday, 21 October 2013. Sold For CHF800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-500 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 10mm, 2.67 g). Head of a boar to right, holding a tunny fish in its mouth.
Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Hurter & Liewald II, 35. Pozzi 2162. SNG Berry 926. Von Fritze 34 (stater and hemihekte). Very rare and with an unusual and unexpected type. Good very fine.
From a northern European collection, ex Classical Numismatic Group 87, 18 May 2011, 492.