MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (8.5mm, 2.72 g). VF.

Triton XXVI
Lot: 191. Estimated: $ 750

Greek, Electrum

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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (8.5mm, 2.72 g). Tunny downward between two tunny heads outwards flanked by pellets / Quadripartite incuse square. Hurter & Liewald III 19.1; cf. Von Fritze I 11 (tunny upward, hemihekte); Greenwell –; Boston MFA –; cf. SNG BN 169 (same); BMC –; Gulbenkian –; Jameson –; Rosen –; Weber –; CNG E-375, lot 360; Numismatik Naumann 80, lot 137 = Numismatik Naumann 77, lot 144; Triton XII, lots 1267–8. Scratch and small area of weak strike on obverse. VF. Very rare with tunny downward.

From the Siren Collection.


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