Lot 3096

Description

Mysia, Kyzikos, electrum stater, (c.500 B.C.), 20mm, (16.09 g), obv. head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet, base of crest decorated with zig-zag and pellet pattern, tunny fish to left below, rev. quadripartite incuse square, (S.3478, Von Fritze I 67, pl. I 20, Greenwell 25; BMC 19 [PL.IV, 2], SNG France -; SNG von Aulock -; Boston MFA 1446; Dewing -; Gillet 1053 = Kunstfreund 3 = Jameson 2171 = Weber 4971; Gulbenkian 609 (all from the same obv. die). Very fine, struck from fresh dies and very rare.

Ex Harlan J. Berk Ltd., Chicago, buy or bid sale 202 (lot 6).
Roma Numismatics sold a near mint state from the same obverse die in Auction XIX (26 March 2020) (lot 488) for £32,000.