Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 368. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 500-475 BC. EL Hemihekte (1.35 gm, 12h). Griffin's head left, tunny in its mouth / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Hurter & Liewald, "Neue Münztypen der Kyzikener Electronprägung," SNR 81 (2002), 28 (hekte); Rosen Collection (Münzen & Medaillen 72, 6 October 1987), lot 176; otherwise unpublished. Good VF. Possibly unique. ($500)

See lot 366 for more information on the electrum coinage of Kyzikos.