391, Lot: 180. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (19mm, 15.96 g). Sphinx with curved wings, raising right forepaw, standing left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 127; Greenwell 99; Boston MFA 1456 corr. (“lacking in von Fritze”); SNG BN 277; Gillet –; cf. Gulbenkian 1618 (hekte); Jameson –; Prospero 445; cf. Rosen 504 (hekte); Traité II 2720; Weber –. VF, off center.