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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Twelfth Stater – Hemihekte (8mm, 1.36 g). Head of tunny right; below, tunny right / Incuse square. Hurter & Liewald III 7.2; Von Fritze I 7; Boston MFA 1392 = Warren 1586; SNG BN 166. Slight die wear. Good VF. Well centered.
From the Siren Collection.
The celebrated electrum coinage of Kyzikos began in the first half of the sixth century BC, and from the beginning the coinage was notable for the variety and inventiveness of its designs. These staters and fractions were regarded as gold coins and circulated throughout a large area along with the gold darics of the Persian Empire. On all of the coins of Kyzikos, large or small, was engraved the tunny-fish (θυννος), which constituted an important product in the Kyzikene economy. This intriguing electrum hekte depicting two tunnies, one in the mouth of another, is among the earliest struck.
Closing Date and Time: 21 May 2025 at 11:09:40 ET.
All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer’s fee.
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