MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.72 g). Head of tunny right entering mouth of head of griffin left / Quadripartite incuse square. Hurter & Liewald I 28; Von Fritze I –; SNG France –; Boston MFA –; Gemini XII, lot 135; Naville IV, lot 694; Tkalec & Rauch 1987, lot 100; Triton XVI, lot 418 (all from same dies). Good VF. Well centered and struck. Extremely rare – the fifth, and finest, hekte of this issue known.
