Nomos AG
Auction 20 10 Jul 2020
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Kyzikos. Circa 550-500 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 10.5 mm, 2.71 g). Youthful male head to left, wearing laurel wreath with blossom at his brow; behind to right, tunny fish swimming downwards. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. BMFA 1431 = Warren 1498. Greenwell 79. Von Fritze 62. Unusually well-struck and clear; intriguing and rare. Struck on a slightly tight flan, otherwise, about extremely fine.
Exactly who is depicted on this coin is uncertain: the laurel wreath suggests it ought to be Apollo but the short curls give him a vaguely African look, reminiscent of the billon 1/12 staters from Lesbos (as SNG von Aulock 7715). Who can he be?
Kyzikos. Circa 550-500 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 10.5 mm, 2.71 g). Youthful male head to left, wearing laurel wreath with blossom at his brow; behind to right, tunny fish swimming downwards. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. BMFA 1431 = Warren 1498. Greenwell 79. Von Fritze 62. Unusually well-struck and clear; intriguing and rare. Struck on a slightly tight flan, otherwise, about extremely fine.
Exactly who is depicted on this coin is uncertain: the laurel wreath suggests it ought to be Apollo but the short curls give him a vaguely African look, reminiscent of the billon 1/12 staters from Lesbos (as SNG von Aulock 7715). Who can he be?