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Home > Mysia Last comments - Mysia Kyzikos (BC 460-400) EL 1/6 Stater490 viewsca 460-400 BC. EL Hekte (2.60g, 10mm). Head of Attis (Atys) facing right, wearing Phyrgian cap [below tuna right?] / Quadripartite incuse square. nEF. Carr coll. Known type for a stater (at least 10 sold at auction, see Coin ID #9333 and #6817), hekte (1/6th Stater) (at least 12 sold at auction, see Coin ID #9330 and #9332), hemihekte (1/12th Stater) (at least 9 sold at auction, see Coin ID #9329) and Myshemihekte (1/24th Stater) (at least 6 sold at auction, see Coin ID #11022). In some instances, it appears that the die for the stater was used on hekte and, as such, the tuna is off the flan. This example is from an unknown die. In some cases, Attis is wearing a conspicuously jeweled Phyrgian cap (see Coin ID #9332) and in others, the jewels are less conspicuous or absent.1 comments06/08/18 at 16:54Adrian: In Greek mythology, Attis was a vegetation god, associated with a spring festival of death and resur... Kyzikos (BC 170-150) Diobol248 views2nd-1st century BC. AR Diobol (1.6g, 13mm). Head of Kore right, wearing oak wreath / KY-ZI, tunny left within wreath; monogram above and below. VF. Extremely rare denomination. 1 comments05/28/18 at 21:33Michael: An example of this coin is published: Von Fritze II 35 and is illustrated within the publication on ... Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL Stater 387 views550-450 BC. EL Stater (16.06g, 22mm). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet, base of crest decorated with zig-zag and pellet pattern; tunny fish left below / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Carr coll.1 comments03/11/18 at 13:20Adrian: Less than a dozen of these staters are known - most of which, including this one, have been struck f... Kyzikos (BC 450-330) EL Hekte577 viewsca 450-330 BC. EL Hekte (2.66g, 10mm). Perseus kneeling right, head reverted, wearing a winged hood, cloak over shoulders fastened with circular brooch on breast, head of Medusa in left hand, sickle (harpa) in right; below, tunny fish right / Quadripartite incuse square. Unusually well centered, gVF. Carr coll. The ‘Perseus’ emissions are known for denominations of stater through 1/96th. Most examples do not capture the whole ‘scene’ - commonly either the head of Perseus or Medusa being off the flan. This coin is possibly the second best published example capturing the major features [For an example that is even sharper in its detail, see Gemini IX (1/2012) lot 105].1 comments01/13/18 at 19:56Adrian: Polydektes lured a young Perseus into agreeing to obtaining the head of Medusa, the only mortal Gorg... Kyzikos (AD 128-137) AE 18 - Sabina377 viewsSabina, Augusta, 128-136/7 AD. AE18 (4.42g). CABINA CЄBACTH, draped bust right/ K - Y / Z – I, male figure standing left, holding sceptre. Extremely rare. gVF.1 comments03/20/17 at 05:33Eric: RPC III, 1527A Kyzikos (AD 161-169) AE 21 - Lucius Verus367 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE21 (5.2g). AY KAI Λ AYPH OVHPOC, bare head right / ΚΥZΙΚΗΝΩΝ, Herakles standing right, leaning on club, holding lion´s skin. GVF.1 comments01/31/17 at 03:28Tom: RPC IV online 2332; Waddington 742 Kyzikos (BC 500-450) EL 1/6 Stater643 viewsca 500-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.66g, 10mm). Prow of galley left terminating in forepart of winged hound or wolf; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare. Carr coll.1 comments10/13/16 at 00:35Adrian: William Greenwell, in his 1887 tome entitled: The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, notes only a stater o... Kyzikos (AD 177-184) AE 32340 viewsImperial Times, ca 177-184 AD. AE32 (19.26g). KOPH CΩTЄIPA, wreathed and draped bust of Kore Soteira right / KÎ¥ZIKHNΩN NЄΩKOΡΩN, Asklepios standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Pierced, otherwise aVF, dark green patina. Ex Kyz Art coll.1 comments02/19/16 at 12:10: Nomisma X, von Fritze, Gruppe VI, 44 Kyzikos (AD 180-192) AE 20735 viewsTime of Commodus, 180-192 AD. AE20 (2.33g). Draped bust of Kore-Soteira right / KVZIKHNΩN, octostyle temple. GVF.1 comments02/19/16 at 11:52: Nomisma X, von Fritze, Gruppe VI, 36 Kyzikos (AD 200-270) AE 18493 views3rd century AD. AE18 (4.25g). Anepigraphic, head of Kore right, wearing grain ear wreath / KVZI KHNΩN, ibis. Dark green patina, EF. Franke coll.1 comments02/19/16 at 11:38: Nomisma X, von Fritze, Gruppe VI, 36 Kyzikos (AD 100-200) AE 20482 viewsImperial Times, 2nd century AD. AE20 (4.20g, 6h). Wreathed and draped bust of Kore right / Panther standing right, placing paw on krater. Near VF, brown surfaces.1 comments02/19/16 at 11:23: Nomisma X, von Fritze, Gruppe VI, 11 Kyzikos (AD 177-184) AE 21474 viewsImperial Times, ca 177-184 AD. AE21 (4.90g, 6h). KO–PH CΩTЄIPA, draped bust of Kore Soteira right, wearing wreath of grain ears / KYZI–KHNΩN, Eros standing left, holding hare by its hind feet. Near EF, dark green patina, area of flat strike on reverse. Fine style. Unique, and an extremely rare depiction of Eros the Hunter. Ex Liles Coll.; ex Lanz 125 (11/2005), lot 336. Although this issue is unpublished, it can be dated by the strong stylistic similarity to other issues of this period (cf. RPC Online 783)1 comments02/19/16 at 11:17: The coin is published: Nomisma X, von Fritze, Gruppe VI, 17 Miletopolis (AD 117-138) AE 16 - Hadrian370 viewsHadrian, 117-138 AD. AE15.5 (1.98g). AY K TP AΔPIANOC, laureate head right / ΜЄΙΛΗΤΟ-ΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ, K-O across fields winged Kerykeion (Caduceus). GF.1 comments09/10/15 at 04:31Eric: Magistrate Iouliοs Quintοs Bassοs (epimeletes) (RPC 3, 1647) Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol - winged boar384 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.47g, 8mm, 12h). Forepart of winged boar left; to right, tunny upward / Head of roaring lion left; crescent above; all within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned, rough, granular surfaces.1 comments09/21/13 at 16:44Michael: An example of this coin is published - SNG Tubingen 2214. Pergamon (BC 450-400) Triobol1785 viewsafter 420 BC. AR Diobol (1.72g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Bearded head of satrap right, wearing Persian kyrbasia, ΠΕΡΓA to left, within incuse square. VF. Very rare.1 comments04/30/13 at 16:03Dimitry: The weights of this and other examples indicate that they are 3 times the weight of the obols, and s... Kyzikos (BC 500-450) Hemiobol319 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.30g, 8mm). Head of tunny fish right, squid (?) above / Quadratum incusum. VF.1 comments03/27/13 at 21:24Michael: For consistency with the iconography of other coins from Kyzikos, I would propose that the "squ... Kyzikos (BC 500-450) Hemiobol1032 viewsca 550-530 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.46g). Head of bear left, holding tunny fish in mouth / Quadripartite incuse square ("mill-sail" pattern). Extremely rare. EF.1 comments10/09/12 at 21:09Michael: I believe an example of this coin is published - Rosen 374 (attributed to Asia Minor Uncertain Mint)... Kyzikos (BC 550-500) Hemiobol417 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.62g). Head and neck of bird right, its beak extending over head of tunny upward to right / Irregular incuse. Unpublished in the standard references, but see Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 32 (5/2010), lot 102 for another. VF, toned and porous surfaces. Perhaps the second known. 1 comments09/27/12 at 18:16Michael: I believe an example of this coin is published - SNG Ashmolean 527. However, the reference does not... Kyzikos (BC 500-450) Hemiobol510 viewsca 525-475 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.50g). Bird standing right before tunny; three(?) pellets around / Square incuse punch of mill-sail pattern. Near VF, porous. Extremely rare. Apparently unpublished.1 comments09/27/12 at 18:09Michael: An example of this coin is published - SNG Ashmolean 530. Pergamon (BC 200-30) AE 19813 views200-133 BC. AE19 (3.73g). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet / AΘHNAΣ NIKHΦOPOY, owl with closed wings standing facing on thunderbolt. Corrosion, gVF.1 comments08/27/12 at 05:51Dimitry: This variant seems to be unpublished Lampsakos (BC 500-450) EL Stater2648 views5th century BC. EL Stater (14.93g). Forepart of Pegasus left, ‡ below, within vine wreath / Quadripartite incuse square. Rare and among the finest specimens known. Well struck in high relief, EF. Ex Sotheby’s, Wilkinson and Hodge 1900, Late Collector, 324; Sotheby’s Wilkinson and Hodge 1907, Delbeke, 180 and Leu 30, 1982, 165 sales. From the de Sartiges coll. 1 comments11/24/11 at 04:16Dimitry: NAC dates this coin to 412 BC, which seems quite late Kyzikos (AD 180) AE 401387 viewsAutonomous issues, ca 180s AD. 8 Assaria or Medallion, AE40 (33.17g, 6h). Struck in the time of Commodus. KOΡH CΩTEIRA KYZIKHNΩN, draped bust of Kore right, wearing grain wreath and hair tied in bun / NEΩKOΡΩN - KÎ¥ZIKHNΩN, youthful Dionysos, nude and holding pitcher in his right hand and thyrsos in his left, standing left in chariot drawn by two panthers walking to left; above panthers, Pan standing left, raising his right hand and holding lagobolon with his left; to left, male figure standing left, wearing short chiton, holding staff and basket with fruit balanced on his head. Extremely rare, probably unique. Minor cleaning marks, EF. Ex Numismatica Genevensis V (12/2008), 106 (rev. corr.).1 comments11/06/11 at 01:14Dimitry: "Part of an extensive series of ‘medallions’ that were produced at some time during the rei...     22 coins on 1 page(s)