Heritage Auctions

Auction 3081  –  12 - 14 January 2020

Heritage Auctions, Auction 3081

Ancient and World Coins

Part 1: Su, 12.01.2020, from 10:00 PM CET
Part 2: Mo, 13.01.2020, from 4:00 PM CET
Part 3: Mo, 13.01.2020, from 8:00 PM CET
Part 4: Tu, 14.01.2020, from 12:00 AM CET
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Description

MYSIA. Cyzicus. Ca. 600-550 BC. EL sixth-stater or hecte (11mm, 2.68 gm). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 4/5. Tunny fish left, with single large, curved griffin wing / Quadripartite incuse square. Greenwell 160. Hurter-Liewald III, 37.2. Cf. BMFA 1405 (stater). Very rare type. From a Private Japanese Collection. Ex Heritage Auction 3030 (NYINC, 5 January 2014), lot 23769. Note - Greenwell (written in 1887) describes the obverse of this type as 'pecten shell, hinge downward, tunny left below'.

HID09801242017

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Price realized 2'000 USD
Starting price 600 USD
Estimate 1'200 USD
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