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Price : 280.00 €
Type : Hemiobole
Date: c. 480-450 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cyzique, Mysie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,40 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, centré. Superbe sanglier ainsi qu’un lion finement détaillé. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : K RENVERSÉ SUR L’ÉPAULE.
Obverse description : Protomé de sanglier bondissant à gauche, derrière, un thon.
Obverse translation : (Cyzique).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Tête de lion à gauche, la gueule béante dans un carré creux ; au-dessus, un petite tête de lionne de face.
Commentary
Le poids moyen de ces hemioboles s’établit à 0,35 g. Dans le catalogue de la BnF (SNG. France 5/ 386, pl. 18) la petite tête au-dessus du lion est décrite comme celle d’une louve. Sur notre exemplaire particulièrement bien visible, les oreilles sont rondes et ne peuvent être en aucun cas celles d’une louve, mais celles d’un félin (une lionne).
The average weight of these hemioboles is 0.35 g. In the BnF catalog (SNG. France 5/386, pl. 18) the small head above the lion is described as that of a she-wolf. On our particularly clearly visible example, the ears are round and cannot in any case be those of a wolf, but those of a feline (a lioness)
The average weight of these hemioboles is 0.35 g. In the BnF catalog (SNG. France 5/386, pl. 18) the small head above the lion is described as that of a she-wolf. On our particularly clearly visible example, the ears are round and cannot in any case be those of a wolf, but those of a feline (a lioness)
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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