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Coin ID #6838

Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater

ca 500-450 BC. EL Stater (15.94g). Youthful male figure, wearing tainia with frontal spike, kneeling right, holding [knife] and tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, light scrape in field on obverse. Exceptional for issue.


While not exceptionally rare, almost all of the published examples have all or part of the head of the figure off the flan. Also, most of the published specimens exhibit considerably more wear than the present example.

File information
Filename:image00591.jpg
City/Mint name:Kyzikos EL
Keywords:electrum / archaic
References:Von Fritze I 113; SNG France 245
Valuation:CNG Auc. 82 (9/2009), lot 591 ($16,000 + comm)
Photo courtesy of:Classical Numismatic Group - www.cngcoins.com
Filesize:58 KiB
Date added:Feb 02, 2010
Dimensions:642 x 379 pixels
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