CNG 105, Lot: 163. Estimate $5000. Sold for $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (18mm, 16.08 g). Bearded head of male left, in archaic style, on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 66; Greenwell 78; Boston MFA –; cf. SNG BN 194 (hekte); BMC –; Gillet –; Gulbenkian –; cf. Jameson 2170 (hekte); Myrmekion –; Rosen 466; Weber –; Triton XX, lot 218. VF. Bold archaic head. Very rare as a stater.