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Details
LOT 3052
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Forepart of boar to right with short mane; behind, tunny fish upwards / Head of roaring lion to left with bristling mane, and outstretched tongue; in upper left field, retrograde K; all within incuse square. SNG BnF 390. Near Very Fine.(0.26gr, 7mm, 9h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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