Triton XVIII, Lot: 570. Estimate $1000. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-500 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9mm, 2.68 g). Triton left, holding in left hand a tunny by its tail / Quadripartite incuse square. Hurter & Liewald II 78; cf. Von Fritze I 78 (only hemihekte listed); Greenwell –; SNG France 209; SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA –; cf. Jameson 1396 (hemihekte); cf. Rosen 456 (hemihekte); Brand 5, 181. VF. Well centered for issue. Very rare, especially as a hekte, only one in CoinArchives.