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The Prospero Collection of Ancient Greek Coins. MYSIA. Kyzikos (c.550-500 B.C.), Electrum Stater, 15.94g. Naked male figure kneeling to left, holding a tunny by the tail in each hand. Rev. Quadripartite incuse of mill-sail pattern (W. Greenwell, ‘The Electrum Coinage of Cyzicus’, NC 1887, 87, pl. IV, 9; Von Fritze, Nomisma VII, 70, pl. II, 23; Boston 1478; SNG France -). Very fine. Purchased from G. Müller, 26 June 1988 The Prospero Collection includes an impressive group of electrum staters from Kyzikos. Within this group can be seen a fascinating variety of types, many of them mythological, featuring heroes and tales from Greek legend, as well as mythical beasts. Real humans and animals also appear on the coins, and these provide us with a glimpse into the ancient Greek world. There are almost two hundred different types of electrum staters recorded for Kyzikos in as many years, as well as an extensive series of electrum hektes. The coins always feature the tunny (tuna fish) as part of their obverse type as it was the symbol of Kyzikos. Early Greek coinage, which had its origins on the coast of Asia Minor, had been produced from the alloy electrum, but was abandoned by most city-states when silver became the preferred metal for the majority of coinage. Some city-states did however continue to produce coinage in electrum and the issues of Kyzikos are perhaps the most famous and spectacular of these. Kyzikos was a rich trading city-state, due to its location between the Aegean and the Black Sea. Its coinage of electrum staters, a clear expression of its wealth, were produced between about 550-350 B.C. The coins always possess an impressive obverse type, the reverses bearing a quadripartite incuse square, and the flans are invariably thick and, at times, exist in a variety of shapes. US$ 12,000
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