CNG 105, Lot: 185. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (17.5mm, 15.95 g). Man-headed bull standing left, head facing, on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 125; Greenwell 50; Boston MFA –; cf. SNG BN 274 (hekte); BMC –; Gillet –; Gulbenkian –; Jameson 2189; Myrmekion 28; cf. Rosen 501 (hekte); Weber –. VF, lightly toned. Rare.

This type ostensibly represents a river-god, possibly that of the river Aisepos.