Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XVII 28 Mar 2019
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Mysia, Kyzikos EL Stater. Circa 500-450 BC. Winged sphinx, with 'lock of immortality' on head, crouching to left, with right forepaw raised; tunny to below / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze 72, pl. II, 25; Boston MFA 1450 = Warren 1522; SNG France 200. 16.10g, 20mm.
Good Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s.
The so-called 'lock of immortality', rendered as a spiral tendril or plume on the head of the sphinx, is a device with Egyptian roots that appears on similar images across the Near East.
Good Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s.
The so-called 'lock of immortality', rendered as a spiral tendril or plume on the head of the sphinx, is a device with Egyptian roots that appears on similar images across the Near East.