MYSIA. Kyzikos. Circa 450-330 BC. Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (Electrum, 9 mm, 1.33 g). Bearded male, nude but for pilos and cloak tied around his neck, kneeling to left on the back of a ram lying left, lifting its head up with his left hand to strike it with a knife held in his right; below, tunny left. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Boston MFA -. Hurter & Liewald -. SNG Paris -. Von Fritze -, cf. 156 (stater and hekte). An extremely rare and very interesting type. Struck from a slightly worn obverse die, otherwise, very fine.