443, Lot: 78. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (18mm, 16.03 g). Hound at bay, on tunny, left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 93 var. (foreleg lowered); Boston MFA 1469 var. (same); SNG BN 230 var. (same). VF. A rare variety with the hound’s foreleg lowered, rather than raised, as is usually seen. Only five other examples listed on Coin Archives.