MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.67 g). EF.Triton XXVI Greek, Electrum Sold For $ 8 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.67 g). Head of Perseus left, wearing winged helmet; to right, tunny diagonally downward left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 65; Greenwell 73; cf. Boston MFA 1449 = Warren 1490 (stater); cf. SNG BN 193 (stater); SNG von Aulock 1186; BMC –; Gulbenkian –; Jameson 2169; Rosen –; cf. Weber 4973 (stater). Iridescent tone. EF. Exceptional, and rare as a hekte. |