The Prospero Collection of Ancient Greek Coins. MYSIA. Kyzikos (c.500-450 B.C.), Electrum Stater, 16.09g. Roaring griffin standing to left on a tunny, its right foreleg raised and its tongue protruding. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square (BMC 96, pl. VIII, 3; Boston 1455; Von Fritze, Nomisma VII, 1912, 99, pl. III, 19; Gulbenkian 622-623; Rosen 476; SNG France 239-240). Good very fine, an interesting mythological type. Purchased from Athena, Munich, 29 January 1988 US$ 12,500
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