CNG 105, Lot: 192. Estimate $5000. Sold for $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Stater (17.5mm, 15.96 g). Half-length figure of Athena half-left, head left, wearing Attic helmet, holding aphlaston in raised right hand, left hand placed on hip; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 152; Greenwell –; Boston MFA 1504 = Pozzi 2187 = Traité II 2680, pl. CLXXV, 4; SNG BN –; BMC –; Gillet –; Gulbenkian –; Jameson 2195 = Rosen 507 = Leu 28, lot 132; Myrmekion 1 (same obv. die); Weber –. Good VF, slightly off center. Very rare, none in CoinArchives.

Brett (in BMFA) notes that this type likely commemorates a naval victory of Athens that involved the Kyzikene fleet, perhaps even the Battle of Kyzikos in 410 BC, after which the city became a firm ally of Athens.