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Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 500-460 BC. EL Hecte, 2.68g. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena left. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 67, pl. II, 20. Boston 1447. SNG Aulock 1184. Extremely beautiful head of Athena. EF.
An elegant type from the time of the transition between late archaic and early classical style. Athena wears an Attic helmet as on Athenian coins, but the Cyzicene coin does copy Athens and was by a much more talented engraver than those at the contemporary Attic mint.
An elegant type from the time of the transition between late archaic and early classical style. Athena wears an Attic helmet as on Athenian coins, but the Cyzicene coin does copy Athens and was by a much more talented engraver than those at the contemporary Attic mint.