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CCE Signature Sale 3054 7-8 April 2017
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MYSIA. Cyzicus. Ca. 500-450 BC. EL 12th stater or hemihecte (9mm, 1.30 gm). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5. Man-headed bull (river god) standing left on tunny fish / Quadripartite "mill sail" incuse. Unrecorded as hemihecte, cf. Greenwell 50 and Von Fritze 125 (both hectes). Very rare! A gemlike piece, beautifully struck, with an unusually detailed river god and clean, flat fields.
Estimate: 1000-1300 USD
MYSIA. Cyzicus. Ca. 500-450 BC. EL 12th stater or hemihecte (9mm, 1.30 gm). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5. Man-headed bull (river god) standing left on tunny fish / Quadripartite "mill sail" incuse. Unrecorded as hemihecte, cf. Greenwell 50 and Von Fritze 125 (both hectes). Very rare! A gemlike piece, beautifully struck, with an unusually detailed river god and clean, flat fields.
Estimate: 1000-1300 USD