Triton XVII, Lot: 265. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. 5th-4th centuries BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.29 g). Nike crouching left, sacrificing with knife she holds in her right hand a ram she holds by the horn with her left; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Hurter & Liewald 8 (stater and myshemihekte); otherwise unpublished. Good VF, lightly toned, a few light cleaning marks. Extremely rare type, unpublished as a hemihekte.