MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (18mm, 16.06 g). Eagle standing left, wings spread and head down, holding tunny left in its talons / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 94; Greenwell 151; Boston MFA 1454 = Warren 1576; SNG BN –; BMC –; Gulbenkian –; Jameson –. Attractive light tone, small area of flat strike on obverse. Good VF. Extremely rare, one of three in CoinArchives, and only the Boston piece noted in the standard references.
From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Siren Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 111, 29 May 2019), lot 209 (hammer $9000).