Watch List notes:

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (18.5mm, 16.02 g). Double-bodied sphinx, with one head facing, wearing ouraios, atop a tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Von Fritze I 128 (unlisted denomination); cf. Greenwell 101 (same); Boston MFA –; cf. SNG BN 280 (hekte); BMC –; Gillet –; Gulbenkian –; Jameson –; Myrmekion –; Rosen –; Weber –; Triton XX, lot 224; CNG 105, lot 149. Lightly toned. Good VF. Rare as a stater.


From the Siren Collection.