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Fleur De Coin Click image to view larger Description: Mysia, Kyzikos EL Hekte. Circa 500-450 BC. Female head left, wearing circular earring and necklace, hair bound in kekryphalos or sphendone, tunny fish left below / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze 106. 2.68g, 11mm. Fleur De Coin. Extremely Rare. From the Ambrose Collection; Ex Roma Numismatics III, 31 March 2012, lot 263. This exquisite depiction of an unidentified female goddess or personage is remarkable for possessing relative simplicity of design, yet intricate execution of the detail; this, combined with a charming archaic style, has produced a coin of outstanding beauty. What is furthermore most impressive is the incredible state of preservation of the coin. There are truly very few Kyzikene coins of any denomination which can be rightly and justifiably called ‘fleur de coin’, but the present piece is certainly one of that scant number whose bright, lustrous surfaces and lack of wear can afford it such a lofty grade.