Ancients
MYSIA. Cyzicus. Ca. 500-450 BC. EL 12th stater or hemihecte (9mm, 1.41 gm). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 4/5. Bearded male head (Poseidon, Perseus or Heracles?) left, wearing helmet in the form Ketos / Quadripartite "mill sail" incuse square. Hurter & Liewald, SNR 81 (2002), p. 28, no. 17b. Cf SNG Aulock 7291 (hecte). The half denomination of the previous lot, and considerably rarer.
Ex ROMA XI (7 April 2016), lot 401.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD