GREEK COINS ITALY MYSIA CYZICUS Hemihecte (twelfth stater), electrum, about 480-450 B.C. EL 1.33 g. Lion seated l. on tunny, raising its r. foreleg. Rev. Four-part incuse square. Von Fritze, Kyzikos 7, 85. Rare denomination. Slightly double striking on obv. Extremely fine Ex F. Chiesa coll.; ex F. Sternberg, Zurich Nov. 26/27 (1976), 73 and Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel 54 (1978), 264 sales.
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