bgr_361246 - MYSIA – KYZIKOS / CYZICUS Obole
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Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 175.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 480-450 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cyzique, Mysie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,68 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large et irrégulier, ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Très joli droit. Revers de haut relief. Patine grise de collection ancienne légèrement cristallisée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Protomé de sanglier bondissant à gauche ; derrière, un thon.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Tête de lion, la gueule béante dans un carré creux.
Commentary
Poids léger. Ce type ressemble plutôt à une obole qu’à une trihemiobole.
Lightweight. This type looks more like an obol than a trihemiobol
Lightweight. This type looks more like an obol than a trihemiobol
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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