354, Lot: 143. Estimate $150. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 500-450 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7.5mm, 1.31 g). Griffin seated left, raising foreleg; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Von Fritze I 101 (unlisted denomination); cf. Boston MFA 1437–8 (stater and hekte); SNG France –; M&M AG 41, lot 136 . VF, lightly toned, off center on obverse. Very rare denomination for issue.