Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Stater

ca 550-500 BC. EL Stater (16.05g). Head of a goat with long beard to left; behind truncation, tunny fish swimming upwards Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Very rare. Nicely centered. Slightly porous surfaces, otherwise, about extremely fine.

Ex Spina coll. and Sinton coll., Triton III (11/1999), 487; ex Rosen, Monnaies et MÃ©dailles 72 (10/1987), 184, ex the Vicomte de Sartiges and G. Philipsen, Hirsch XXV (11/1909), 1751.

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Filename:	90010090.jpg
City/Mint name:	Kyzikos EL
Keywords:	electrum / archaic
References:	BMFA 1421; Rosen 438 (this coin); SNG France 186; Von Fritze I 48 (this coin)
Valuation:	Nomos Auc. 1 (5/2009), lot 91 (CHF 10,500 ($9,875) + comm)
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