MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (7mm, 0.66 g). Good VF.

Electronic Auction 571 – Session 1
Lot: 139.
Closing Date: Sep 25 2024 10:00 ET

Greek, Electrum

Estimate: $ 400

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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (7mm, 0.66 g). Young Dionysos, holding kantharos in extended right hand, reclining left on panther skin draped over rock; thyrsos to left; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Von Fritze I 155 (unlisted denomination); cf. Boston MFA 1541–2 (stater & hekte); cf. SNG BN 302-3 (stater); G. Hirsch 233, lot 1417 = G. Hirsch 205, lot 265 = G. Hirsch 203, lot 242. Trace deposits, slightly compact flan. Good VF. Rare as a myshemihekte.

From the Dr. Adrian Carr Collection. Ex Numismatik Naumann 103 (6 June 2021), lot 220.


Closing Date and Time: 25 September 2024 at 10:46:00 ET.

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