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Auction X 13 January 2013
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Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 520-490 BC. EL Stater, 15.92g. Obv: Winged sphinx crouching left. Below, tunny fish. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 72, pl. II, 25. Boston 1450. SNG Paris 200. Exceptionally nice. Some areas of flat striking otherwise about EF.
Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.
The sphinx has a distinctly archaic head type, so may have been inspired by an early archaic cult statue. The sphinx played a prominent role in Theban mythology, as a monster that devoured people who could not answer enigmatic questions, until Oedipus solved her riddles and removed her.
Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection.
The sphinx has a distinctly archaic head type, so may have been inspired by an early archaic cult statue. The sphinx played a prominent role in Theban mythology, as a monster that devoured people who could not answer enigmatic questions, until Oedipus solved her riddles and removed her.