Extremely Rare Hekte

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 270. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. 5th-4th century BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.70 g). Head of youth left; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 143; cf. Greenwell 80 (stater); cf. SNG France 294 (stater); Weber 4990; cf. Boston MFA 1514 (stater). Good VF. Well centered on a broad flan. Extremely rare denomination for issue.

While the staters of this issue are relatively common, the sixth staters are particularly rare. Weber notes that at the time of its publication, the only other example known was in the Bibliothèque Nationale. This may have been in error as a sixth stater is not present in SNG France.