CNG 109, Lot: 138. Estimate $200. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.36 g). Head of tunny left; below, headless tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Hurter & Liewald III 12.2; Von Fritze I –; Boston MFA –; cf. SNG BN 165 (hekte); Rosen 416 = SNG von Aulock 7262. Good VF, slightly soft strike. Very rare, two noted by Hurter & Liewald, three in CoinArchives (including the present piece).

From the MM Collection. Ex Roma E-Sale 40 (28 October 2017), lot 201.