CNG 99, Lot: 172. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-500 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (9mm, 1.30 g). Head of lion left; tunny to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. von Fritze I 39 (unlisted denomination); cf. SNG France 178–80 (larger denominations); cf. Boston MFA 1414–5 (same); Rosen 433; Gemini X, lot 72. Good VF. Extremely rare as a hemihekte, only one in CoinArchives.