MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6mm, 0.66 g).Electronic Auction 503 The Windmill Collection, Electrum Sold For $ 850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6mm, 0.66 g). Zeus kneeling right, chiton draped from waist, holding scepter in right arm, left arm extended, above which an eagle stands right, with open wings; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Von Fritze I 145 (unlisted denomination); cf. Boston MFA 1530 = Warren 1422 (stater); cf. SNG BN 296 (stater); FSD SHM 1218 = T.M. Smekalova & J.L. Djukov, “The Composition of the Alloy of Cyzicene Electrum Coins” in RBN 145 (1999), 40 and pl. V, 39. Minor marks, trace deposits. VF. Very rare as a myshemihekte, only five in CoinArchives. |