Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XX 29-30 Oct 2020
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Mysia, Kyzikos EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater. Circa 500-450 BC. Sphinx with 'lock of immortality' on head, raising right forepaw, standing to left on tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze 72; SNG France 278-9; SNG von Aulock 1200; Boston MFA 1451; Rosen 504. 2.64g, 12mm.
Extremely Fine. Scarce.
From the inventory of a European dealer.
The so-called 'lock of immortality', rendered as a spiral tendril or plume on the head of the sphinx, is a device with Egyptian roots that appears on similar images across the Near East.
Extremely Fine. Scarce.
From the inventory of a European dealer.
The so-called 'lock of immortality', rendered as a spiral tendril or plume on the head of the sphinx, is a device with Egyptian roots that appears on similar images across the Near East.