Ancient Coins and Numismatic Books

Greek coinage, Mysia, Kyzikos, Electrum Twenty-Fourth Stater, 6th cent. BC, head of tunny fish left, rev. swirling pattern in incuse square, 0.66g (cf. von Fritze p.3, 3; Weber 4967). Extremely fine £500-600

Provenance:
G. Philipsen Collection, Part I, Jacob Hirsch Auktion 25 (Munich), 29 November 1909, lot 1744
V.M. Brand Collection, Part III, Sotheby Auction (Zürich), 9 June 1983, lot 91