Details
LOT 3149
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Forepart of boar to left with short mane and dotted truncation; to right, tunny fish / Head of roaring lion to left with bristling mane, outstretched tongue, and dotted truncation, in upper left field, star with four rays; all within incuse square. Von Fritze II 14; SNG Arikantürk 446-447; SNG BnF 275. Good Very Fine. Edge chipped.(0.33gr, 9mm, 3h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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