MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6.5mm, 0.67 g).CNG Feature Auction 115 Greek, Electrum Sold For $ 3 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6.5mm, 0.67 g). Lion standing right, biting into sword (or harpa?), on tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Von Fritze I 177 (unlisted denomination); Boston MFA 1502 (stater); SNG BN 322 (stater); Gorny & Mosch 261, lot 292 = Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 2, lot 102 (same obv. die); Heritage 3082, lot 3082; Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 4, lot 241 = Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 1, lot 457 = Nomos Obolos 5, lot 303 = Vinchon, 24 November 1994, lot 77 (same obv. die); Roma E-72, lot 452. Light scrape on obverse. Good VF. Extremely rare, the finest of five myshemihektai known for this issue. |