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MYSIA. Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (Electrum, 8 mm, 1.34 g). Head of Perseus to left, wearing winged helmet; to right, tunny downward. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. BMFA -, cf. 1449 (stater). Hurter & Liewald -. SNG Paris -, cf. 193 (stater). Von Fritze I, -, cf. 65 (stater and hekte). Apparently unpublished as a hemihekte. A beautiful coin with a very attractive late Archaic rendering of Perseus. Nearly extremely fine.