Mysia Kyzikos. Electrum Stater circa 450-330 BC. Two eagles, with closed wings, facing each other, perched on filleted omphalos. Tuna fish right below / Quadripartite incuse square. 15,92g. BMFA 1535; SNG Paris 348; Von Fritze 220. A very rare type. Good very fine. Provenance: From an European collection formed in the 1990s. Nomos 30 (6 November 2023), 1323. This coin alludes to a myth about the origins of the sanctuary of Delphi. Zeus is said to have sent two eagles from opposite ends of the world, and the point where their paths crossed marked the Earth’s center, commemorated by the sacred omphalos stone. This stater depicts the birds resting upon the omphalos after completing their journey.