CNG 112, Lot: 241. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.66 g). Hoplite, nude but for crested helmet, kneeling left, bow hanging from arm, testing arrow; to right, tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 116; Boston MFA 1485 = Warren 1513; SNG BN –; Rosen 492 = SNG von Aulock 1205. Slightly off center. VF. Very rare, only two in CoinArchives, one of which is a fourrée (the genuine piece was lot 982 in the Tronnier collection sold in Künker 94 [2004], which hammered at €3600).

From the Matthew Curtis Collection.