Unrecorded as a Myshemihekte
Triton XVIII, Lot: 574. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. 5th-4th centuries BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6.5mm, 0.66 g). Aphrodite standing half-left, leaning on column to right, before column Eros stands half-right; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Hurter & Liewald II 203 (only stater and hekte noted); cf. Von Fritze I 203 (only stater listed); cf. Greenwell 34 (same); cf. SNG France 338 (stater); SNG von Aulock –; cf. Boston MFA 1566 (stater); cf. Dewing 2186 (stater); Jameson –; Rosen –; cf. CNG 34, lot 120 (hekte). Good VF. Apparently unique as a myshemihekte.