Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XIX 26-27 Mar 2020
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Mysia, Kyzikos EL Myshemihekte - 1/24 Stater. Circa 450-350 BC. Male figure (Odysseus or Phrixus?) wearing pileus helmet and chlamys kneeling left with legs astride ram recumbent left, pulling ram's head back and preparing to cut its throat with dagger / Quadripartite incuse punch. Cf. von Fritze I 156 (Stater); cf. Greenwell 71; cf. Savoca, Online 33, lot 149 (Hemihekte). 0.71g, 8mm.
Good Extremely Fine; flan crack at 3h. This denomination unpublished in the standard references.
From the Kleines Meisterwerk Collection.
The identity of the figure on the obverse of this coin has been widely debated. It has been suggested that it could be Phrixos, in the act of sacrificing the ram with the golden fleece. However, on the basis of the pilos, Odysseus, shown sacrificing the animal provided by Circe before his descent into Hades, has also been suggested.
Good Extremely Fine; flan crack at 3h. This denomination unpublished in the standard references.
From the Kleines Meisterwerk Collection.
The identity of the figure on the obverse of this coin has been widely debated. It has been suggested that it could be Phrixos, in the act of sacrificing the ram with the golden fleece. However, on the basis of the pilos, Odysseus, shown sacrificing the animal provided by Circe before his descent into Hades, has also been suggested.