CNG 111, Lot: 202. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (20mm, 16.10 g). Harpy standing left, holding tunny by its tail with its right hand / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 74; Greenwell 97; Boston MFA 1441 = Warren 1518; cf. SNG BN 203–4 (hektes); BMC –; Gillet –; Gulbenkian –; cf. Jameson 1402 (hemihekte); Weber –. Good VF. Well centered and struck. Very rare as a stater, only five in CoinArchives (some offered multiple times).

From the Siren Collection.