Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 224
MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (20mm, 15.99 g). Head of goat with long beard left; to right, tunny upwards / Quadrapartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 48; Greenwell 134; Boston MFA 1421 = Warren 1560; SNG BN 186; BMC 88; Gulbenkian –; Jameson 1410. Faint scuff on obverse. VF. Well centered.
The celebrated electrum coinage of Kyzikos began in the second half of the sixth century, but is at its most varied and interesting during the classical period. These staters were regarded as...