★ Odysseos? ★
MYSIA. Kyzikos. EL 1/24 Stater (Circa 450-400 BC).
Obv: Male figure (Odysseos?) kneeling left, wearing chlamys and pilos, sacrificing ram; below, tunny left.
Rev: Quadripartite incuse square.
Cf. Nomisma VII 156 (stater & hekte); SNG BN -; cf. New York Sale XXVII [Prospero], lot 451 (for a stater which realized a hammer of $40,000 [!]).
Very rare mythological type.
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 0.68 g.
Diameter: 7 mm.
Price realized | 775 EUR 14 bids |
Starting price | 400 EUR |
Estimate | 500 EUR |