Details
LOT 3051
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Obol. Circa 475-400 BC.
Forepart of boar to left with short mane and dotted truncation, retrograde E on shoulder; to right, tunny fish upwards / Head of roaring lion to left with bristling mane, outstretched tongue, and dotted truncation; all within incuse square. Von Fritze, Nomisma IX Kyzikos, Gruppe II 11; SNG France 378. Very Fine.(0.76gr, 13mm, 3h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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