Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Stater

ca 550-500 BC. EL Stater (15.85g). Head of Silenos facing; two tunnies upward to either side / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare, the third known.

The other two examples, noted by Hurter & Liewald, were in the Von Aulock Coll. (but unpublished) and the Velkov Coll. (Vinchon, (11/1994), lot 61 = CH II, p. 7, 2).

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Filename:	75000336.jpg
City/Mint name:	Kyzikos EL
Keywords:	electrum / archaic
References:	Cf. Von Fritze I 77 (fractions); SNG France -; Hurter & Liewald I, 77
Valuation:	CNG Auc. 75 (5/2007), lot 336 ($9,500 + comm)
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Date added:	Mar 07, 2010
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