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Triton XXIV  19-20 Jan 2021
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Lot 553

Estimate: 5000 USD
Price realized: 7500 USD
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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Stater (17mm, 16.09 g). Eagle left, wings closed and head down, holding tunny left in its talons / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished. VF. Possibly unique.

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Siren Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 111, 29 May 2019), lot 189.

Not to be confused with the Von Fritze I 94, a later issue with similar types. This stater may be associated with the early hekte of type Von Fritze I 21, with an eagle standing right on the back of a tunny.
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