CNG 102, Lot: 370. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 500-450 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.73 g). Hoplite, nude but for Corinthian helmet, holding shield, standing in semi-crouch right; to right, tunny downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 119; Greenwell 91; SNG France 266; cf. Boston MFA 1497 (stater); cf. A. Milavic, “Hoplitodromos: The hoplite race in armor served as a vehicle to train for war” in The Celator 5.8 (August 1991), fig. 6 and front cover. Good VF, toned, slightly off center.

From the LVL Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 357 (12 August 2015), lot 106 (hammer $1400).

The hoplite is about to begin the foot race in which the runners carried their military equipment.