★ A well centered stater from Kyzikos ★

MYSIA. Kyzikos. Circa 550-500 BC. Stater (Electrum, 20 mm, 16.08 g). Head of a he-goat with long beard to left; to right, tunny upward. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. BMFA 1421. SNG Paris 186. Von Fritze I, 48. A lovely and well centered piece. Edge crack and with a minor scuff on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.

From the Birger Bentsen Collection of ancient gold coins, Leu Web Auction 16, 22-24 May 2021, 33 (with collector's ticket) and ex Obolos 14, 15 December 2019, 175.