408, Lot: 140. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (18mm, 15.93 g). Facing gorgoneion, mouth opened and tongue protruding between her teeth, six coiled serpents rising from her head, another two emanating from below her ears; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 129; cf. Greenwell 75 (unlisted denomination); Boston MFA 1445 = Warren 1492; SNG BN –; BMC –; Gillet –; Gulbenkian –; Jameson 2191 = Weber 4972; Myrmekion –; Rosen –. VF, slightly off center and a few light scrapes on obverse.