376, Lot: 137. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.4mm, 2.69 g). Tunny left with wing of griffin above / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Von Fritze I 33 (stater and hemihekte); Hurter & Liewald III 37.2; SNG France –; SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA –; FSD pl. 1, 3; Triton XVI, lot 419; CNG 82, lot 588; CNG 63, lot 405; Gemini V, lot 598; Lanz 148, lot 30; Lanz 82, lot 160. VF, obverse struck slightly off center, a few light scratches. Extremely rare, the eighth known hekte for this type.