376, Lot: 142. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 500-450 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7.3mm, 1.31 g). Bearded head left, wearing helmet in the style of a griffin’s head; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I –; Hurter & Liewald I 17b; SNG France –; SNG von Aulock 7291 (hekte); Boston MFA –. Good VF. Well struck and centered. Extremely rare denomination for type.