|
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.64 g). Head of the hunter Aktaion left, with stag’s horn above forehead; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 141; cf. Boston MFA 1510 = Warren 1442 (stater); SNG BN 290. Minor die wear, trace deposits. VF. Very rare.
Aktaion was a famous hunter who learned his skills from the centaur Chiron. One day he accidentally came upon Artemis bathing: she was so angered by him seeing her naked that she transformed him into a stag and he was set upon and torn to pieces by his own hunting dogs. Here we see the start of the transformation process, with the horn just coming out of his head. This portrait was also used on roughly contemporary gold staters at the mint of Lampsakos (cf. SNG BN 1145).
The final winners of all CNG 120 lots will be determined at the live online sale that will be held on 11-12 May 2022. CNG 120 – Session One – Greek Coinage (Part 1) will be held Wednesday morning, 11 May 2022 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and the stable previous version of Mozilla Firefox and Chrome.
|
