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Kyzikos (BC 550Â-500) EL 1/6 Stater275 viewsca 550Â-500 BC. EL Hekte - Sixth Stater (9mm, 2.71g). Primate crouching right, holding tunny in right hand / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare - apparently the third known.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL 1/12 Stater1070 viewsca 550-475 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.32g). Forepart of Pegasos left; tunny below / Quadripartite incuse. Good VF. Rare.
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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater 875 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.69g). Tunny downward; to either side, two pellets and head of tunny outward / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, tiny metal flaw on obverse. Very rare.
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Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater1509 viewsca 460-420 BC. EL Stater (16.01g). Silenus, with horse’s ear and tail, kneeling right, holding kantharos in his outstretched right hand into which he is pouring wine from amphora balanced on left leg and steadied by left arm and head / Quadripartite incuse square. Very rare and in exceptional state of preservation. Perfectly struck on full flan and of superb style. Reddish tone and extremely fine.
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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater204 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte (7mm, 1.33g). Forepart of bull right; to left, tunny downward / Quadripartite incuse square. aVF. Extremely rare.
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Kyzikos (BC 430-370) EL 1/6 Stater652 views5th-4th century BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (9mm, 2.49g). Kithara; below, tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. Fine. Very rare.
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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) EL Stater628 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Stater (15.96g, 20.5mm). Tunny left above tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, double struck on reverse. Extremely rare.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Stater280 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Stater (16.06g, 16mm). Forepart of winged cock left; below, tunny downward to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Near VF. Very rare.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Hekte634 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.69g, 10.5mm). Head of Perseus to left, wearing winged helmet with hair hanging beneath and represented by dots; behind, tunny swimming downwards / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. A rare type with about 20 known. Carr coll.
William Greenwell, in his 1887 tome entitled: The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, notes that the helmet is the helmet of Hades lent to him by the nymphs. The reference by Greenwell is to the ‘mission’ of Perseus to cut-off the head of Medusa. The next coin in the Greenwell listing notes a type where much of the detail of this slaying is depicted – see Coin ID #14069.Dec 20, 2019
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater 171 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Stater (16.02g, 19mm). Sphinx seated with curved pointed wings, with 'lock of immortality' on head, crouching to left, with right forepaw raised, tunny fish below swimming left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Carr coll.
Obverse is from a previously unpublished die with sphinx not standing on tunny, but separated above. The cataloguer notes: “The so called 'lock of immortality', rendered as a spiral tendril or plume on the head of the sphinx, is a device with Egyptian roots that appears on similar images across the Near East.â€Jan 18, 2019
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Kyzikos (BC 400-330) EL 1/12 Stater669 viewsca 450-330 BC. EL Hemihekte - 1/12 Stater (8mm, 1.35g). Laureate head of Zeus right set on [tunny right] / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Unique as a hemihekte; an unpublished denomination of an extremely rare issue.Jul 25, 2018
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Stater179 viewsca 550-450 BC. EL Stater (19.5mm, 15.97g). Double-bodied sphinx with one head facing, wearing ouraios; both atop tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare as a stater, only nine in CoinArchives.Jul 25, 2018
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/12 Stater231 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hemihekte (1.27g, 8mm). Nude male kneeling left, holding tunny by its tail, left hand closed fist; dotted hair turned up at back. / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF. Carr coll.
Jul 06, 2018
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Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL Stater363 viewsca 450-330 BC. EL Stater (16.04g, 22mm). Lion standing right, biting into sword, on tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square. EF, lightly toned. Well centered and struck.Jun 17, 2018
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Stater156 viewsca 550-450 BC. EL Stater (15.95g, 19mm). Forepart of winged lion left; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished, but similar to von Fritze 96, an issue with the tunny behind the truncation of the lion forepart. VF. Unique.Jun 16, 2018
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) EL Stater280 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL Stater (16.06g, 16mm). Forepart of winged cock left; below, tunny downward to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Near VF. Very rare.Jun 15, 2018
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