Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXII 7-8 Oct 2021
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Mysia, Kyzikos EL Stater. Circa 450-330 BC. Half-length figure of Athena facing, head to left, wearing Attic crested helmet and holding aphlaston in raised right hand; below, tunny fish to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I, 152; Greenwell -; Boston MFA 1504 = Pozzi 2187 = Traité II 2680, pl. CLXXV, 4; SNG BnF -; BMC -; Gillet -; Gulbenkian -; Jameson 2195 = Rosen 507 = Leu 28, lot 132; Myrmekion 1; Weber -. 15.98g, 20mm.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; one of only two examples offered at auction in the past 20 years.
From the Collection of GK, Ukrainian Emigrant;
Ex Numismatik Naumann, Auction 66, 3 June 2018, lot 159.
As noted by Brett in the Boston MFA catalogue, this type appears to commemorate an Athenian naval victory, possibly involving the Kyzikene fleet, which may have been the 410 BC Battle of Kyzikos that led to the city becoming an Athenian ally.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; one of only two examples offered at auction in the past 20 years.
From the Collection of GK, Ukrainian Emigrant;
Ex Numismatik Naumann, Auction 66, 3 June 2018, lot 159.
As noted by Brett in the Boston MFA catalogue, this type appears to commemorate an Athenian naval victory, possibly involving the Kyzikene fleet, which may have been the 410 BC Battle of Kyzikos that led to the city becoming an Athenian ally.