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ID:     82000591
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Greek
Region:     MYSIA
City:     Cyzicus
Date Ruled:     Circa 500-450 BC
Metal:     Electrum
Denomination:     EL Stater
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     BC Circa 500-450
Weight:     15.94 g
Obverse Description:     Youthful male figure, wearing tainia with frontal spike, kneeling right, holding [knife] and tunny
Reverse Description:     Quadripartite incuse square
Primary Reference:     Von Fritze I 113
Reference2:     SNG France 245
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=147047
Grade:     Good VF, light scrape in field on obverse
Notes:     Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 591 Exceptional for issue. While not exceptionally rare, almost all of the published examples have all or part of the head of the figure off the flan. Also, most of the published specimens exhibit considerably more wear than the present example.