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Rarest Denomination for Perseus Type

282, Lot: 54. Estimate $200.
Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. 5th-4th centuries BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (8mm, 1.32 g). Perseus, nude but for cloak tied around neck, kneeling right, head left, holding harpa and head of the Medusa; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 162 var. (stater and hekte); SNG France 310-313 var. (stater, hekte, and 1/24 stater); Hurter & Liewald 162. Near EF, struck on a tight flan. The rarest denomination for this desirable mythological type.