The Prospero Collection of Ancient Greek Coins. MYSIA. Kyzikos (c.500-450 B.C.), Electrum Stater, 15.83g. Boy (Taras?), naked, seated astride a dolphin to left, holding a tunny by the tail in his extended right hand, a tunny below. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square (BMC 76, pl. VII, 4; W. Greenwell, ‘The Electrum Coinage of Cyzicus’, NC 1887, 9, pl. I, 9; SNG France 251; Von Fritze, Nomisma VII, 1912, 110, pl. III, 29; Boston 1486; cf. Rosen 487 for Hekte). Toned, very fine and very rare. Purchased from Athena, Munich, 12 February 1990 US$ 9,500
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