MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (20mm, 16.09 g).Electronic Auction 484 Greek, Electrum Sold For $ 2 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (20mm, 16.09 g). Prow left, the lower hull decorated as a winged forepart of a wolf, the head of which forms the ship’s embolon (ram); below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 80; Greenwell 170; Boston MFA –; SNG BN 210 = Traité II 2797, pl. CLXXVII, 33 = de Luynes 2459; Ars-Classica & Naville XII, lot 1721 = Egger XXXIX, lot 304; Leu 52, lot 82; Triton XVIII, lot 571; CNG 114, lot 216; CNG 106, lot 301 = CNG E-455, lot 118. Slightly off center on obverse. VF. Extremely rare, the eighth known, two of which are in museums (Berlin and Paris). |