CYZICUS ELECTRUM HECTE – RARE ERROR GRIFFIN & TUNNY TYPE – VF NGC GRADED GREEK MYSIA COIN (Inv. 18937)

$1,275.00

MYSIA. CYZICUS. Ca. 550-450 BC.
Electrum hecte, 2.66 g, 10 mm.
Obv. Forepart of winged griffin left, tunny downward at left. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square.
Ex Roma Numismatics 4, 9/30/2012, lot 352.
Cf. Von Fritze, Kyzikus, 98 (stater denomination); SNG Von Aulock, 1181; Rosen, 474.
NGC graded VF, Strike 2/5, Surface 3/5, “brushed,” “double-struck with rotation.” Errors such as this double strike with rotation are rare for electrum coinage. The coin was struck once and likely remained jammed in the punch, then struck again by error, resulting in a different orientation against the anvil die, thus producing the “rotated” double strike.