Triton XVII, Lot: 256. Estimate $15000. Sold for $25000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 500-450 BC. EL Stater (18mm, 16.04 g). Forepart of horse left; to right, tunny diagonally downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Hurter & Liewald I 40 (hekte); otherwise unpublished. Good VF, lightly toned, a little die wear on obverse. Apparently unique stater for this issue, previously known from a single hekte.
From the Daniel Koppersmith Collection. Ex Morton & Eden 49 (9 June 2011), lot 241.