Ancients
MYSIA. Cyzicus. Ca. 550-450 BC. EL stater (20mm, 16.05 gm). NGC XF 3/5 - 4/5. Roaring griffin standing left on tunny fish left, right foreleg raised / Quadripartite "mill sail" incuse square. Boston MFA 1455. Von Fritze 99. Rare! Griffin's beak off edge of flan, otherwise an impressive early electrum piece, struck on a weighty, lozenge-shaped flan.
Ex CNG 69 (8 June 2005), lot 349.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 3500-4500 USD