CNG 109, Lot: 141. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.36 g). Forepart of lion left, head reverted; to right, tunny downward / Quadripartite incuse square. Hurter & Liewald III p. 15, 40; cf. Von Fritze I 40 (unlisted denomination); cf. Boston MFA 1418 (hekte); SNG BN –. VF, light scuff, struck from worn die. Extremely rare, only two noted by Hurter & Liewald, one additional in CoinArchives (CNG 93, lot 346).

From the MM Collection. Ex Savoca 6 (27 December 2015), lot 230.