CYZICUS ELECTRUM HECTE – POPULAR DOUBLE SPHINX ISSUE – NGC AU GREEK MYSIA COIN (Inv. 21616)

$3,750.00

21616. MYSIA. CYZICUS. Ca. 500–450 BC.
Electrum EL Hecte, 2.71 g, 11 mm.
Obv. Double-bodied sphinx with one facing head, tunny fish below (mostly off planchet). Rev. Quadripartite incuse square.
Von Fritze 128; SNG France 280.
Ex Vilmar Numismatics inv. 6353 (2013), ex Roma V, 3/23/2013, lot 382.
NGC AU, Strike 4/5, Surface 5/5, a scarce coin with about 12 specimens recorded on the market in the last 25 years. A sort of visual puzzle, this design allows the head to do double service, so the viewer can see a sphinx on the left and another on the right.