Olympus Numismatics UG
Auction 3 20 May 2023
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MYSIA. Kyzikos. (Circa 600-550 BC).
EL Hemihekte (7.1mm 1.36g)
Obv: Head of a tunny fish to left; below, hind part of a tunny to left.
Rev: Quadripartite incuse square.
Hurter & Liewald III 12.2; SNG von Aulock 7262; Cf. Von Fritze I 6 and pl. I, 5 (as a hekte). Same obverse die as CNG 109, 2018, 138.
Very rare. An amusing, early hemihekte, showing an archaic rendition of what has become the common expression, "heads or tails"
MYSIA. Kyzikos. (Circa 600-550 BC).
EL Hemihekte (7.1mm 1.36g)
Obv: Head of a tunny fish to left; below, hind part of a tunny to left.
Rev: Quadripartite incuse square.
Hurter & Liewald III 12.2; SNG von Aulock 7262; Cf. Von Fritze I 6 and pl. I, 5 (as a hekte). Same obverse die as CNG 109, 2018, 138.
Very rare. An amusing, early hemihekte, showing an archaic rendition of what has become the common expression, "heads or tails"