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Auction: 23007 - Ancient Coins Including the 'Kyrios' Collection of Greek Coins and featuring the 'Ostorius' Collection of Roman Gold
Lot: 14

The 'Kyrios' Collection | Mysia, Kyzikos, EL Stater, c. 550-400 BC, head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet, base of crest decorated with zig-zag and pellet pattern, tunny fish left below, rev. quadripartite incuse square, 16.12g (von Fritze 67, Pl. I, 20; Greenwell 25; SNG France –; SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA 1446; Dewing –; Gillet 1053 = Kunstfreund 3 = Jameson 2171 = Weber 4971; Gulbenkian 609), rare, residually lustrous, softened to edges but otherwise very fine

PROVENANCE

Purchased from Baldwin's by private treaty, Summer 2019 [ref. C190002102] - £3,500
Roma Numismatics, Auction 53, 7 February 2019, lot 322 - 'very fine, very rare' - £2,000

Purportedly thereof 'from a private German collection'

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Estimate
£2,400 to £3,000

Starting price
£2200