Unpublished Denomination of Very Rare Type

CNG 103, Lot: 212. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 500-450 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.65 g). Diademed head of Dionysos right, also wearing ivy wreath; below, [tunny right] / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. von Fritze I 138 (unlisted denomination); Hurter & Liewald II –; cf. Boston MFA 1529 = Warren 1455 (stater); cf. SNG BN 288 (stater). VF, a few light scratches, obverse struck slightly off center. Extremely rare, unpublished denomination and none in CoinArchives of this type for any denomination.