Watch List notes:

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (18.5mm, 16.09 g). Facing head of lion, holding tunny in its mouth / Quadripartite incuse square. Hurter & Liewald II, Nachträge 36; Roma XIV, lot 187 (hammer £4400); otherwise unpublished. Edge split, bankers' marks. Near VF. Extremely rare, only two examples published as a stater for this very rare issue.


From the Siren Collection.