CNG 105, Lot: 181. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (18mm, 16.04 g). Youthful male figure, holding Corinthian helmet in right hand, sword in left, kneeling left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 114; Greenwell 90; Boston MFA 1483 = Warren 1509; SNG BN 260; BMC 33; Gillet –; Gulbenkian –; Jameson 1417; Myrmekion 10–1; Rosen –; Weber –; Kraay & Hirmer 709. VF.

In his discussion on a hoard in the 1875 Numismatic Chronicle, B. Head suggested that the type on this issue may represent one of the Argonauts, who are associated with the mythical origin of Kyzikos.