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                                Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 369. Closing Date: Jan 
                                10, 2005. MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 460-400 BC. EL 
                                Stater (15.97 gm, 12h). Estimate $4000 Sold For 
                                $3750 

                              MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 460-400 BC. EL Stater (15.97 
                              gm, 12h). Warrior, nude but for crested Corinthian 
                              helmet, kneeling right, checking the straightness 
                              of his arrow, bow hung over his left wrist; tunny 
                              downward behind / Quadripartite incuse punch. Von 
                              Fritze I 117; Greenwell 93; Traité pl. CLXXIV, 10; 
                              Boston MFA 1490; SNG France 263; BMC Mysia pg. 30, 
                              79; cf. SNG Copenhagen Supp. 301 (type left); SNG 
                              von Aulock -. VF. ($4000)

                              This type is part of a sub-series of Kyzikene 
                              staters that depict a warrior, in this case an 
                              archer, in the various stages of preparing his 
                              equipment for battle (Von Fritze I 115-117). It is 
                              not known whether this sub-series depicts any 
                              particular hero from mythology.

                              See lot 366 for more information on the electrum 
                              coinage of Kyzikos.








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