MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (18mm, 16.10 g). Forepart of man-headed bull right; to left, tunny upward / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 174; Greenwell 51; Boston MFA 1491 = Warren 1468; SNG BN 320; BMC 82; Gillet 1066; Gulbenkian –; Jameson 2202; Myrmekion 88. Lightly toned, a few minor marks. VF. Well centered and struck. Rare.
From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 207 (15 October 2012), lot 266.
This type ostensibly represents a river-god, possibly that of the river Aisepos.