CNG 112, Lot: 238. Estimate $500. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (12mm, 2.74 g). Sphinx with curved wings, raising right forepaw, standing left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 127; cf. Boston MFA 1456 (stater); SNG BN 278–9. Slightly off center on obverse. Good VF.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 42 (11 October 1988), lot 281.