Mysia. Cyzicus. c. 460-450 BC. EL Hecte. Obv: Head of young woman facing left, hair covered by sakkos, truncation dotted. Below, tunny fish left. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Fritze 106, pl. III, 25. Cf. Roma Num. 3, 31 March 2012, lot 263. Extremely beautiful archaic female head. Good VF. This is a very rare issue whose beauty rivals the contemporary Arethusa heads of the Syracusan series. This head of a young woman with chastely covered hair might have made the contemporary Greeks think of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, since chastity did not contradict allure, but sometimes even enhanced it . Reference: Condition: Very Fine

Weight: 2,46 gr. Diameter: 9,8 mm