Help for ID of Greek silver fraction [solved]

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Recently acquired this small Greek silver fraction, likely a tetartemorion(?), but I'm puzzled about where/when it is from. It weighs 0.31g, and has dimensions of 1.0 cm x 0.7 cm. Obverse is a bust facing left with lettering on the right hand side, reverse is a raised design that I can't make out. 

Any ideas? Thanks!

 

 

Nathaniel R. Prover

 Pictures cropped 

 

[0.31g / 1.0 cm x 0.7 cm] 

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

Nice fractional!

 

Searched on our catalog, and didn't found yours here: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?e=grece_antique&r=left&st=all&cat=y&im1=&im2=&ru=&ie=&ca=3&no=&v=&a=&dg=&i=&b=&m=1&f=&t=5-10&t2=&w=0.1-0.5&mt=&u=&g=&p=1

 

I'll need to search elsewhere.

 

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Searched at CGB, no luck there.

Hi, it looks like the head of Attis with a tunny fish under the head, present on the coins of Mysia Kyzikos, I will look tomorrow!

tatinos2

Hi, it looks like the head of Attis with a tunny fish under the head, present on the coins of Mysia Kyzikos, I will look tomorrow!

You mean N#376160 ?

Indeed this was the closest coin I've found during the search. But on his coin there's a Δ behind the head (and maybe a second letter). And then there's the almost unidentifiable figure at the reverse, but that's another matter.

Wish you luck on this one tatinos.

Giobruno

tatinos2

Hi, it looks like the head of Attis with a tunny fish under the head, present on the coins of Mysia Kyzikos, I will look tomorrow!

You mean N#376160 ?

Indeed this was the closest coin I've found during the search. But on his coin there's a Δ behind the head (and maybe a second letter). And then there's the almost unidentifiable figure at the reverse, but that's another matter.

Wish you luck on this one tatinos.

Hi, thanks Giobruno! I found this, I think it's good, Mysia Kyziko ! 

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=10378725 

 

Head of Attis with the monogram on right!

If you turn the 2nd photo,  we can see the bull, so my link is good ! Mysia Kyzikos head of Attis with tunny fish with the monogram right, reverse the bull😉

You got me, I wouldn't think about rotating the 2nd photo. Not soon at least. Hat off to you.

 

And it looks that it's a rare variant, there's around 200 examples at acsearch (my search there) and only this one had a monogram visible (if I didn't overlooked any other).

 

 

Natprover, in your collection, the coin can be entered at N#376160 , which is the regular version of it, and the monogram presence can be written at the comments.

Thank you! I never would have guessed.

Nathaniel R. Prover

Hi, for information this coin sold for 35 Euros

https://www.biddr.com/auctions/concordianumismatic/browse?a=3144&l=3565577 

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