Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XVII 28 Mar 2019
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Mysia, Kyzikos EL Stater. Circa 550-500 BC. Forepart of bull running to left, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze -; SNG France -; Boston MFA -; BMC -; Hurter-Liewald -. 16.18g, 20mm.
Extremely Fine. Unique and unpublished type.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XIV, 21 September 2017, lot 185.
The choice of a bull with head turned backwards was a popular one on ancient coins; its most famous use as a principal coin type occurs on the coinage of Sybaris, which of course featured the entire animal, as did Gortyna, Parion, Karystos and others. Similar foreparts of a bull also occur on the tetrobols of Akanthos, and a hekte of Phokaia (Bodenstedt 28), which this type most closely resembles in style and from which it was probably copied.
Extremely Fine. Unique and unpublished type.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XIV, 21 September 2017, lot 185.
The choice of a bull with head turned backwards was a popular one on ancient coins; its most famous use as a principal coin type occurs on the coinage of Sybaris, which of course featured the entire animal, as did Gortyna, Parion, Karystos and others. Similar foreparts of a bull also occur on the tetrobols of Akanthos, and a hekte of Phokaia (Bodenstedt 28), which this type most closely resembles in style and from which it was probably copied.