bgr_232522 - MYSIA – KYZIKOS / CYZICUS Statère
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 2 800.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 2 800.00 €
Type : Statère
Date: c. 500-460 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cyzique, Mysie
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 16 mm
Weight : 16,03 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, décentré sur la tête du lion. Très beau flan. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Lion passant à gauche sur un thon tourné à gauche, levant la patte droite, la gueule ouverte.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Carré creux quadripartite.
Commentary
Très belle couleur de l’électrum (bien jaune). Malgré le léger décentrage du droit, l’exemplaire est parfaitement identifiable. Nous n’avons pas relevé d’identité de coin pertinente, cependant ce type reste très rare.
Very beautiful color of the electrum (very yellow). Despite the slight off-centering of the obverse, the specimen is perfectly identifiable. We have not noted any relevant die identity, however this type remains very rare.
Very beautiful color of the electrum (very yellow). Despite the slight off-centering of the obverse, the specimen is perfectly identifiable. We have not noted any relevant die identity, however this type remains very rare.
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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