Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 310. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. 460-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.69 gm). The infant Herakles strangling the serpents of Hera, his brother Iphikles cowers in the background; tunny fish below / Quadripartite granulated incuse square. Cf. von Fritze I 208 (stater); cf. Greenwell 63 (stater); cf. Boston MFA 1531 (stater). VF. A surprisingly scarce type of Kyzikos electrum, apparently unknown as a fraction. ($750)