Triton XX, Lot: 203. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.66 g). Janiform head of nymph, wearing stephanos, left and satyr right; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 76; Greenwell 47; Boston MFA 1426 = Warren 1466; SNG BN –; BMC –; Gulbenkian –; Jameson –; Weber –. Near EF. Extremely rare issue, Greenwell noted only a hekte in the Hermitage, von Fritze illustrates the Boston piece, and there are none in CoinArchives.