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NYINC Signature Sale 3081 12-13 Jan 2020
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MYSIA. Cyzicus. Ca. 600-550 BC. EL sixth-stater or hecte (11mm, 2.68 gm). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 4/5. Tunny fish left, with single large, curved griffin wing / Quadripartite incuse square. Greenwell 160. Hurter-Liewald III, 37.2. Cf. BMFA 1405 (stater). Very rare type.
From a Private Japanese Collection. Ex Heritage Auction 3030 (NYINC, 5 January 2014), lot 23769.
Note - Greenwell (written in 1887) describes the obverse of this type as 'pecten shell, hinge downward, tunny left below'.
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Estimate: 1200-1800 USD
MYSIA. Cyzicus. Ca. 600-550 BC. EL sixth-stater or hecte (11mm, 2.68 gm). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 4/5. Tunny fish left, with single large, curved griffin wing / Quadripartite incuse square. Greenwell 160. Hurter-Liewald III, 37.2. Cf. BMFA 1405 (stater). Very rare type.
From a Private Japanese Collection. Ex Heritage Auction 3030 (NYINC, 5 January 2014), lot 23769.
Note - Greenwell (written in 1887) describes the obverse of this type as 'pecten shell, hinge downward, tunny left below'.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-mysia-cyzicus-ca-600-550-bc-el-sixth-stater-or-hecte-11mm-268-gm-ngc-choice-xf-4-5-4-5/a/3081-30069.s?type=CoinArchives3081
HID02906262019
© 2019 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 1200-1800 USD