CLASSICAL COINS
MYSIA
CYZICUS
Tetradrachm, about 410-380 BC. AR 15.11 g. Head of Kore l., wearing sphendone and wreath of corn-ears, hair covered with transparent veil; above, S-WT - EIRA Rev. KUIIKHN - WN Lion head l., below, tunny l.; in field r., owl standing l., head facing. Von Fritze, Die Silberprägung von Kyzikos, NOMISMA IX (1914),45,24. SNG BN Paris 405. SNG von Aulock 7346.
Rare . Nice patina. High relief. Extremely fine Provenance: F.J. Woodbridge and S. Weintraub collections and auctions Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel 41 (1970), 146; and Sotheby's, New York - The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, Dec. 4, 1990, 44.