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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.62 g). Figure, wearing armor and holding transverse scepter, standing left, in pose of acclamation, on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. CNG 103, lot 216 (same dies); Numismatik Naumann 146, lot 230 = id. 141, lot 183 = id. 139, lot 178; Nomos 24, lot 175; Roma IX, lot 337 (same dies); Triton XIII, lot 175 (same dies); otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. Faintly toned, minor edge splits, slight die wear on obverse. Good VF. Extremely rare, apparently the sixth known.
From the Siren Collection.
For a study on this interesting issue, see I. Touratsoglou, “Macedonians in Kyzikos. The Evidence from an Electrum Hekte” in P. Valavanis and E. Manakidou, eds., EΓPAΦΣEN KAI EΠOIEΣEN: Essays on Greek Pottery and Iconography in Honour of Professor Michalis Tiverios (Thessaloniki: University Studio Press, 2014). Touratsoglou dates the issue to circa 340-330 BC, linking it to the expedition of Parmenio, who was sent by Philip II of Macedon to free the Greek cities Asia Minor.
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