MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (12mm, 2.65 g). Good VF.CNG Feature Auction 126 Greek, Electrum Sold For $ 2 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (12mm, 2.65 g). Warror, nude but for helmet, kneeling right, testing arrow and holding sheathed sword; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 115; Boston MFA –; cf. SNG BN 261–2 (stater and myshemihekte). Edge splits, hairlines, triple struck on obverse. Good VF. Very rare as a hekte, only four in CoinArchives (the most recent being in 2013), and the first CNG has handled since CNG 61 in 2002. |