CNG 111, Lot: 196. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (16mm, 15.97 g). Forepart of sphinx left; below, tunny diagonally left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 71; Greenwell 102; Boston MFA 1427 = Warren 1525; SNG BN 198; BMC 35; Gulbenkian –; Jameson –; Myrmekion –; Rosen –; Weber –. Good VF, small punch on obverse. Well struck and centered on a broad flan. Rare, with only five examples listed in CoinArchives.

From the Siren Collection.