Ancient Gold - Greek

Sale 124    28–30 Jul 2020   Dixson Room, State Library of NSW   Sydney

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Lot 3131    SESSION 7 (9.30AM THURSDAY 30TH JULY)    Ancient Gold - Greek

Estimate $8,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $8,000

MYSIA, Kyzikos (Cyzicus), (c.550-450 B.C.), electrum stater on Phokaic standard (16.01 g), obv. heads of lion and ram, conjoined, back-to-back, below tunny fish to left, rev. quadripartite incuse punch mark (S.-, Weber -, Von Fritze 54, Greenwell 118, Boston MFA 1422 = Warren 1543, cf. SNG BN 190 (hekte), BMC -, Gillet -, Gulbenkian -, Jameson -, Myrmekion -, Rosen -). Lightly toned, very fine and very rare.

Ex Triton XXI, lot 441.

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