Watch List notes:

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 170-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 16.82 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Head of Kore Soteira right, wearing oak wreath / Club left; KYZI-KHNΩN above and below; monogram at top, Φ at bottom; all within oak wreath. Von Fritze II 33; SNG Ashmolean –; SNG France –; SNG von Aulock –; Arslan & Lightfoot 1000–2 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned, a scattered light marks under tone. Unusually fine style, probably the earliest of the Kyzikene stephanophoroi. Very rare.


From the Allan Smith, M.D. Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 99 (13 May 2015), lot 189.