453, Lot: 92. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (20mm, 16.09 g). Hound at bay, on tunny, left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 93 var. (foreleg lowered); Greenwell 138; Boston MFA 1469 = Warren 1564 var. (same); SNG BN 230 var. (same). Banker’s mark in field on obverse. VF. Rare variety with the hounds leg lowered rather than raised, as is usually seen.