| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3113 | Auction date: 8 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 31022 Price realized: 26,000 USD (Approx. 23,702 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients MYSIA. Cyzicus. Ca. 5th-4th centuries BC. EL stater (21mm, 15.96 gm). NGC AU 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style, scuffs. Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet pushed back on head; tunny fish left below / Quadripartite mill-sail incuse square with rippled surfaces. Greenwell 28 & Pl. VII, 5. SNG France 5, 286. Extremely rare Classical period style. Only two examples in sales archives, this specimen inclusive. Bright and lustrous in hand with a touch of orange overtones. Cyzicus was an important city on the northwestern coast of Anatolia, well positioned to take advantage of trade across and through the Sea of Marmara. Its coinage was in more or less continuous production from circa 550 BC-AD 630, a nearly 1,200 year span unmatched by any other ancient mint. The tunny (tuna) fish was the symbol of Cyzicus from mid-6th century BC, when the city began striking electrum staters and fractions that circulated so widely the generic term for a stater became a cyzicenus. The fishing trade was critical to the economy of Cyzicus and it is likely the tunny fish became a form of pre-coinage currency, which carried over to become a mint symbol after the invention of coinage in nearby Lydia. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-mysia-cyzicus-ca-5th-4th-centuries-bc-el-stater-21mm-1596-gm-ngc-au-5-5-3-5-fine-style-scuffs/a/3113-31022.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3113-01082024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 15000-20000 USD |  |
