Triton XXI, Lot: 443. 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 (10.5mm, 2.63 g). Harpy standing left on basis, holding in right hand a tunny by its tail, left hand extended to support tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 74; Greenwell 97; cf. Boston MFA 1441 = Warren 1518 (stater); cf. SNG BN 203–4; SNG von Aulock 7278–9; BMC –; Gillet –; Gulbenkian –; cf. Jameson 1402 (hemihekte); Rosen 452; Weber –. EF, toned. Well centered and struck.
Ex Gemini XII (11 January 2015), lot 134; Roma V (23 March 2013), lot 362.