bgr_889921 - MYSIA – KYZIKOS / CYZICUS Obole
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Type : Obole
Date: c. 450-420 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cyzique, Mysie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 1,19 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Belle obole bien venue des deux côtés. Usure fine et régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Protomé de sanglier bondissant à gauche ; derrière, un thon.
Reverse
Reverse legend : K RETROGRADE.
Reverse description : Tête de lion, la gueule béante dans un carré creux.
Reverse translation : (Cyzique).
Commentary
Poids lourd.
Historical background
MYSIA – KYZIKOS / CYZICUS
(6th - 5th century BC)
Cyzicus, a colony of Miletus founded in the 8th century BC, is located on the edge of the Propontis on the island of Arktonnesos. Its political and economic situation was preponderant between Pont-Euxin and the Aegean Sea by controlling the Propontis at the outlet of the Hellespont. Coinage began at the end of the 7th century BC. An important electrum coinage was minted between 600 and 330 BC with the tuna as its symbol.
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