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Kyzikos (AD 161-180) AE - Marcus Aurelius488 viewsMarcus Aurelius, 161-180 AD. AE (6.89g). ΑΥ Κ Îœ ΑΥ(ΡΗ) - ΑÎΤΩÎΕΙÎ(ΟΣ), bare head of Marcus Aurelius right / ΚΥΖΙΚΗ-ÎΩÎ, lighted torch on altar, entwined by serpent and surmounted by two poppies. VF.
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Kyzikos (AD 198-217) AE 43 - Caracalla483 viewsCaracalla, 198-217 AD. AE43 / Medallion (43.31g, 12h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, holding spear over left shoulder; aegis on breastplate / Caracalla, bareheaded and in military attire, standing left, holding phiale over lighted altar and spear; vexillum to either side. VF, green patina, areas of roughness, hairline flan crack, minor doubling on reverse. Very rare.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-510) Hemiobol481 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR 1/48 Stater (0.41g). Griffin or Ketos with fish in mouth right; seal below / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Unpublished. Ex Kuenker 20 (1991), lot 162.
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Kyzikos (BC 100-50) AE 25476 viewsfirst half of 1st cent BC. AE25 (7.72g). Head Kore Soteira right within wreath / K-Y/Z-I flanking torch. Very fine.
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Kyzikos (BC 420-390) Hemiobol474 viewsca 420-390 BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.27g, 2h). Male head (Attis?) right / Tunny right. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned, porous.
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Kyzikos (AD 177-192) AE 26 - Commodus465 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE26 (9.29g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Îœ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΚΥZΙΚΗÎΩΠ/ ÎЄΟΚΟΡΩÎ, Artemis huntress with dog. Dark green patina. Very fine.
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Kyzikos (AD 100-200) AE 18463 viewsImperial Times, ca 2nd century AD. AE18 (4.08g). Draped bust of Kore right / ΚΥZΙΚΗÎΩΠÎЄΟΚΟΡ Î , dolphin around trident. EF.
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Kyzikos (AD 177-184) AE 27463 viewsImperial Times, ca 177-184 AD. AE27 (17.05g, 5h). Head of the hero Cyzikus right, wearing tainia / Ethnic within oak wreath. EF, lovely tan surfaces. Unpublished in the standard references with ethnic in oak rather than laurel wreath. Ex Liles Coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 530-480) Trihemiobol462 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Tetrobol (9mm, 1.55g). Head of tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square divided perpendicularly. VF, toned. Extremely rare. Liles Coll.; ex Rosen Coll. (not in prior M&M or NFA sales).
This coin is from the same obverse die as the following lot (as well as the Rosen Sale 151 coin), and all three appear to form a transitional issue bridging the earlier archaic coinage with the early classical silver issues of Kyzikos. Their reverses show that the mint was experimenting with new reverse types. While the present coin has the usual, perpendicularly divided, quadripartite incuse, the following coin has a diagonally divided square. Finally, on the third piece (Rosen Sale 151), the incuse is divided such that a large K is formed by the lines, supplemented by two pellets and two small lines in one segment.
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Kyzikos (BC 530-480) Trihemiobol460 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Tetrobol (9mm, 1.43g). Head of tunny right / Quadripartite incuse square divided diagonally. Near EF, dark find patina, tiny die break above eye. Extremely rare.
This coin is obverse die linked to the previous lot as well as the Rosen Sale 151 coin, and all three appear to form a transitional issue bridging the earlier archaic coinage with the early classical silver issues of Kyzikos. There reverses show that the mint was experimenting with new reverse types. While the previous coin has the usual, perpendicularly divided, quadripartite incuse, the present coin has a diagonally divided square.
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Kyzikos (BC 300-200) AE 25455 views3rd century BC. AE25 (13.18g, 10h). Prow right / Boukranion within oak wreath. VF, attractive earthen blue-green patina, some hard red deposits, cleaning scratches, chipping on edge. Liles Coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm450 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.49g, 11mm, 11h). Head of Attis left, wearing Phrygian cap; tunny below / Head of lion left; K (retrograde) above; all within incuse square. VF, toned, a few marks. Very rare. Ex. Roger Liles Collection.
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Kyzikos (BC 410-400) Hemiobol448 viewsca 410-390 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.32g, 7h). Head of Attis left, wearing Phrygian cap / Head of bull facing slightly right. VF, a little porous. Rare.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol446 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.38g, 9mm). Forepart of boar left with E (retrograde) on shoulder; tunny behind / Head of roaring lion left, double axe (labrys) above, within incuse square. Apparently unpublished with labrys.
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Kyzikos (AD 166-177) AE 25 - Commodus 444 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE25 (11.25g). Λ AΥΡ KOMOΔOC KAICA ΓЄΡM, draped and cuirassed bust right / KΥZI/KHNΩ/N / NЄOK, galley. Dark green patina, VF.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Obol439 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.78g, 9h). Forepart of boar left; to right, tunny upward / Head of lion left; retrograde K to upper left; all within incuse square. Good VF, toned, granular surfaces. Koppersmith Coll.; ex CNG Elec. Auc. 256 (5/2011), lot 114.
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Kyzikos (AD 98-180) AE 29438 viewsTime of Trajan to Marcus Aurelius, 98-180 AD. AE29 (10.9g). KY ZIKOC, Diademed head of Hero Kyzikos right / KYZIKHNΩN NЄOKOPΩN, two serpent-entwined torches; in between, altar. VF.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol437 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.38g, 3h). Forepart of boar left; to right, tunny upward / Head of roaring lion left; star to upper left; all within incuse square. Near EF, toned.
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Kyzikos (BC 390-340) Diobol437 viewsca 390-340 BC. AR Obol (1.07g, 11mm, 6h). Wreathed head of Kore Soteira left, hair in sakkos / Head of lion left, mouth open with tongue protruding; tunny fish below, KYZI around. Good Very Fine. Very rare denomination.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) Hemiobol432 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.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Obol431 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.90g, 8h). Forepart of boar left; to right, tunny upward / Head of lion left within incuse square. Choice EF, lustrous. Exceptional metal. Liles Coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Obol426 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.81g, 1h). Forepart of boar left; to right, tunny upward / Head of roaring lion left; retrograde K to upper left; all within incuse square. Good VF, light porosity, minor deposits on obverse.
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Kyzikos (AD 177-192) AE 30 - Commodus422 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE30 (11.30g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / KVZI/KHNΩN/ NEOKO/PΩN in four lines within wreath. Good VF, green patina, some bare metal revealed on high points.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol417 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.38g). Forepart of boar left; to right, tunny upward; all within incuse square / Head of lion left; behind, tunny upward. Apparently unpublished.
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Kyzikos (BC 420-390) Hemiobol411 viewsca 420-390 BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.2g). Male head (Attis?) right / KY-ZI, tunny right. VF. Very rare, unpublished in the standard references.
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Kyzikos (BC 460-440) Tetartemorion411 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.23g). Forepart of boar left / Two tunny fish in opposite directions, one atop the other. VF, toned. Rare.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol411 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (9mm, 0.32g, 12h). Forepart of boar left; retrograde K on shoulder; to right, tunny upward / Head of roaring lion left; facing panther’s head to upper left; all within incuse square. VF, porosity.
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Kyzikos (AD 139-161) AE 23 - Marcus Aurelius410 viewsMarcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161 AD. AE23 (7.28g). AVPHΛIOC BHPOC KAICAP, draped, bare-headed bust right / KYZIKHNΩN, snake entwined around torch. Very fine.
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Kyzikos (AD 218-222) AE 24 - Elagabalus409 viewsElagabalus, 218-222 AD. AE24 (8.17g). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Îœ ΑΥΡΗ ΑÎΤΩÎЄΙÎΟC, laureate and draped bust right / ΚΥZΙΚΗΠ/ ÎЄΟΚ, Galley. Very fine.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Obol408 viewsca 525-475 BC. AR Obol (13mm, 0.92g, 9h). Forepart of boar left, E (retrograde) on shoulder, tunny behind / Head of lion left within incuse square. Good VF, sharply struck on a broad and slightly irregular flan.
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Kyzikos (AD 268-270) AE 33 – Claudius II401 viewsClaudius II Gothicus, 268-270 AD. AE33 (25.64g). ΑΥΤ Κ Îœ ΑΥΡ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / CΤΡΑ CЄΠΤ ΠΟÎΤΙΚΟΥ / ΚΥZΙΚΗÎΩΠΒ ÎЄΩΚΟΡΩÎ, shrine in between two snake entwined torches, on the roof three acroterion figures, to the right, two warriors (Korybantes?) and a rider. Extremely rare. Light green patina, VF.
The reverse building probably depicts the central building of the Demeter cult, it shows a kind of altar rather than a shrine which architecture resembles a tomb. See Price-Trell 109ff.
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Kyzikos (AD 166-177) AE 27 - Commodus401 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE27 (17.31g, 6h). Bareheaded and draped bust right / Altar between two serpent–entwined torches. SNG VF, tan-brown surfaces, minor roughness and small obverse die break. Excellent for issue. Ex Liles Coll.
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Kyzikos (AD 193-217) AE 29 - Julia Domna399 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE29 (14.20g, 12h). [I]OVΛIA CЄBACTH, draped bust right / KV ZIKHNΩ N, NЄOKOP in exergue, Artemis Phosphorus (Diana Lucifera), holding torch in both hands, in biga right. VF, dark green patina with olive overtones. Rare.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol - winged boar399 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.
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Kyzikos (BC 420-390) Hemiobol398 viewsca 420-390 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.34g). Head of Hermes right with long hair, wearing winged petasos / KYZI, tunny fish, within square incuse. Very rare type. Struck in high relief. Some porosity, otherwise about EF.
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Kyzikos (BC 430-400) Hemiobol397 viewsca 480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.50g, 9mm). Forepart of boar left, tunny upward behind / Head of roaring lion left, E (retrograde) above. Apparently unpublished with E.
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Kyzikos (BC 420-390) Hemiobol397 viewsca 420-390 BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.3g). Head of Hermes with winged Petasos right / KY-ZI, tunny right. VF.
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Kyzikos (AD 128-137) AE 18 - Sabina394 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.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) Hemiobol389 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.48g, 8mm). Head of stag facing; tunny fish to left and right / Quadripartite incuse square. Extremely Fine. Very Rare. Exceptionally complete for the issue.
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Kyzikos (BC 430-400) Hemiobol386 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.33g, 7mm). Forepart of boar right; tunny behind / Head of roaring lion right.
Examples with lion facing right are exceptionally rare. The one published example is an obol twice the weight of this coin, and has an unusual ethnic around the lion's head.
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Kyzikos (AD 161-169) AE 21 - Lucius Verus386 viewsLucius Verus, 161-169 AD. AE21 (5.2g). AY KAI Λ AYPH OVHPOC, bare head right / ΚΥZΙΚΗÎΩÎ, Herakles standing right, leaning on club, holding lion´s skin. GVF.
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Kyzikos (BC 520-480) Obol382 viewsca 600-550 BC. AR Obol (1.10g, 11mm). Tunny left, lotus flower below / Quadripartite incuse square. Very rare, very fine.
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Kyzikos (BC 200-100) AE 26379 views2nd-1st century BC. AE26 (8.06g, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Tripod; crown-like ornament above, torch below, monogram to outer left. Near EF, attractive green patina with earthen dusting, flan flaw on obverse. Very rare type with this ornament above tripod. Liles Coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 510-480) Hemitetartemorion?374 viewsca 510-475 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.13g, 5mm). Head of boar right / Incuse square. Very rare. Nice very fine.
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Kyzikos (AD 138-161) AE 34374 viewsTime of Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE34 (24.38g, 6h). Homonoia with Ephesos. Cl. Severus, strategos. Wreathed and draped bust of Kore Soteira right / On left, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia facing; on right, Demeter advancing right, head left, holding two torches. Near VF, green patina, roughness. Rare. Ex Liles coll.; ex CNG 51 (9/1999), lot 806.
Homonoia between cities proclaimed their commonality of interests, like that of "sister-cities" in the modern world, and was based on political, economic and religious connections. The cities of Asia Minor preserved this tradition under the Roman Empire, with an extensive interlinked system of such commonalities. Among the cities participating in homonoia, Ephesus seems to have been the most popular, undoubtedly due to its status as the principal cult center of Artemis. Cyzicus, an economic powerhouse due to its location on the southern shore of the Propontis, dominated the trade routes between the Black Sea and the Aegean since the Classical period. Thus, a reciprocal alliance between the major regional trader and the cult site would benefit each other immensely.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm373 viewsca 525-475 BC. AR Diobol (12mm, 2.13g, 12h). Head of Attis left, wearing Phrygian cap; [tunny] below / Head of lion left; K (retrograde) above; all within incuse square. Good Fine, porous.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol372 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.43g, 9h). Forepart of boar left; behind, tunny upward / Head of roaring lion left within incuse square. Near EF.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol370 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.33g, 1h). Forepart of boar right; to left, tunny upward / Head of lion left; retrograde K to upper left; all within incuse square. VF, toned. Rare. Liles Coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion369 viewsca 525-475 BC. AR Hemitetartemorion (5mm, 0.1g). Forepart of boar left / Head of lion left within incuse square.
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Kyzikos (BC 398-395) Drachm - Pharnabazos369 viewsca 398-396/5 BC. AR Drachm (3.3g, 16mm). Head of Pharnabazos right, wearing Phrygian cap; ΦAPNABA around head / Prow of galley left; two dolphins swimming around; below, tunny left. Very fine.
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Kyzikos (AD 177-192) AE 23 - Commodus368 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE23 (4.90g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Calf walking right. Near VF, green patina, porosity and minor metal flaws. Ex Liles coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) Obol368 viewsca 550-530 BC. AR Obol (0.77g, 9.5mm). Two tunny facing left, one above the other / Quadripartite incuse square. This is the SNG von Aulock plate coin (7327), however the tunnies are oriented facing right in the SNG publication.
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Kyzikos (AD 177-192) AE 43 - Commodus367 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE43 - Medallion (41.04g, 6h). T. Aelius Eteoneus, archon. Struck circa AD 191-192. AV KAI Λ M AV KOMMOΔOC ANT CЄB ЄVC ЄVT POMAIOC HPAKΛHC, laureate bust right, with lion’s skin tied around neck, club over shoulder / ЄΠI APX T AIΛ ETEΩNEΩC KVZIKHNΩN NЄΩK, Artemis advancing right, holding torch in each hand; altar to right. Good VF, green patina, some smoothing. Very rare.
Over the later part of Commodus’ reign, numerous events suggest the emperor was becoming mentally ill. Commodus thought of himself as the reincarnation of Hercules, even dressing as the hero at gladiatorial events.
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Kyzikos (BC 520-480) Hemiobol364 viewsca 600-550 BC. AR Obol (0.54g, 9mm). Tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF.
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Kyzikos (AD 177-184) AE 32362 viewsImperial Times, ca 177-184 AD. AE32 (19.26g). KOPH CΩTЄIPA, wreathed and draped bust of Kore Soteira right / KΥZIKHNΩN NЄΩKOΡΩN, Asklepios standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Pierced, otherwise aVF, dark green patina. Ex Kyz Art coll.
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Kyzikos (AD 193-217) AE 26 - Julia Domna362 viewsJulia Domna, Augusta, 193-217 AD. AE26 (10.98g). IOYΛIA CЄBACTH, draped bust right / KYZIKHNΩN NЄOKOPΩN, man sitting right on rocks under a tree, milking goat standing right, head turned back. gVF, dark green patina, marks, small patina chips. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica Auc. 100 (5/2017), lot 1212; ex Gorny & Mosch Sale 237 (3/2016), 1656; ex Gitbud & Naumann Auc. 34 (8/2015), lot 581.
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Kyzikos (BC 460-440) Hemiobol361 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (0.41g). Two tunny fish over each other / Head of roaring lion left; within incuse square. Very rare. Apparently unpublished.
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Kyzikos (BC 390-340) Drachm360 viewsca 390-341/0 BC. AR Drachm (3.14g, 13mm). Wreathed head of Kore Soteira left, hair in sphendone covered with veil / KYZI, head of lion left, mouth open with tongue protruding; tunny fish below, bucranium behind. VF. Rare.
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Kyzikos (BC 410-400) Hemiobol360 viewsca 410-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.34g, 10h). Head of Attis left, wearing Phrygian cap; tunny below / Bull’s head right. VF, toned, porous.
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Kyzikos (AD 253-268) AE 24 - Gallienus353 viewsGallienus, 253-268 AD. AE24 (7.98g, 8h). Lucius Severus, strategus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, raising hand and holding shield decorated with aegis / Lighted altar; serpent-entwined torch on either side. Near EF, dark green patina. Very rare. From Group CEM. Ex Aufhäuser 8 (10/1991), lot 562.
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Kyzikos (BC 470-400) Hemiobol353 viewsca 525-475 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.30g). Head of Attis right, wearing Phrygian cap / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned. Possibly unique. Ex Hirsch 253 (9/2007), lot 2170.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) Obol 350 viewsca 550-480 BC. AR Obol (0.98g, 9mm). Head of tunny fish right; above, tunny fish right / Irregular incuse punch. This example appears to have one and possibly a second pellet behind the tunny head.
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Kyzikos (BC 530-500) Hemiobol344 viewsca 550-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.44g, 8.2mm). Head of tunny right, swallowing another fish / Quadripartite incuse square. Rare, gVF. Apparently unpublished.
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Kyzikos (BC 520-480) Hemiobol344 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.52g). Tunny fish left; lotus flower below / Quadripartite incuse square. Apparently unpublished.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Trihemiobol342 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Trihemiobol (11mm, 1.23g, 2h). Forepart of boar left; to right, tunny upward / Head of lion left within incuse square. Good VF, toned. Koppersmith Coll.; ex MIT Coll. (CNG Elec. Auc. 250 (2/2011), lot 94).
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Kyzikos (AD 0-100) AE 20342 views1st century AD. AE20 (5.5g). Laureate head Kore Soteira right within wreath / K-Y/ZI, kerykeion with club as handle; crescent above, tunny fish below, monogram in right field; all within wreath. gVF.
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Kyzikos (BC 520-480) Hemiobol338 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.50g). Tunny fish right / Quadripartite incuse square. Superb centered, well-pronounced copy, good very fine. Ex Peus Auc. 376, lot 332.
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Kyzikos (BC 510-480) Hemidrachm338 viewsca 550-480 BC. AR Hemidrachm (11mm, 1.97g). Forepart of boar left / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished. VF, toned, a few minor deposits. Liles Coll.; ex CNG 70 (9/2005), lot 365.
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Kyzikos (AD 177-192) AE 24 - Commodus336 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE24 (6.73g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Tyche seated left with rudder. Green patina. Almost EF.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-510) Obol336 viewsca 550-480 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.96g). Head of boar right, holding tunny in its jaws / Rough incuse square. VF, toned, slightly rough surfaces. Very rare. Liles Coll.; ex Rosen Coll. (not in prior M&M or NFA sales).
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Kyzikos (AD 217-218) AE 24 - Macrinus335 viewsMacrinus, 217-218 AD. AE24 (8.99g, 7h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Octastyle temple. Good Fine, green-brown patina. Rare. Ex Liles coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) Hemiobol334 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.30g, 8mm). Head of tunny fish right, squid (?) above / Quadratum incusum. VF.
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Kyzikos (AD 217-218) AE 21 - Diadumenian333 viewsDiadumenian, as Caesar, 217-218 AD. AE21 (5.42g, 7h). Bare-headed and draped bust right / Kerykeion. VF, green patina, a few cleaning marks.
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Kyzikos (AD 177-192) AE 23 - Commodus333 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE23 (5.90g). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ M ΑVP ΚΟΜΟΔΟC, laureate bust of Commodus right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum / ΚΥZΙΚΗÎΩÎ, lighted torch on altar, entwined by serpent, surmounted by poppy and decorated with ears of corn. Good very fine.
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Kyzikos (AD 193-235) AE 17331 viewsSeveran Times(?), 193-235 AD. AE17 (3.78g, 12h). Head of the hero Cyzicus right, wearing tainia / KVZ/IKH in two lines within laurel wreath. Good VF, green and brown patina, cleaning scratches in fields.
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Kyzikos (AD 247-249) AE 29 - Philip II330 viewsPhilipp II. 247-249 AD. AE29 (12.6g). Agathemeros magistrate. IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOV KAICAP AVΓ, draped bust right / CTPA AVPH OY / H AΓAΘHM/ EPOV KY/ ZIKHNΩN NЄOKOPΩN within wreath. VF.
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Kyzikos (BC 460-440) Tetartemorion327 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Tetartemorion (7mm, 0.25g, 11h). Forepart of boar left / Tunny right above tunny left; all within incuse square. VF, toned. Very rare. Liles Coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) Hemiobol326 viewsca 500 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.47g). Rooster standing right before tunny / Square incuse punch of mill-sail pattern.
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Kyzikos (AD 198-217) AE 33 - Caracalla326 viewsCaracalla, 197-217 AD. AE33 (16.47g). AYT K M AYPHΛI ANTΩNINΟC [...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / [...]HCIΦOP AYP ANT[...] KYZIKHNΩN ΔIC NEOKOPON, round temple with central door, surmounted by three figures with torches right; octastyle temple left. VF.
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Kyzikos (BC 500-450) Hemiobol325 viewsca 600-550 BC. AR Hemiobol (9mm, 0.50g). Lotus flower; tunny to left / Quadripartite incuse square. CNG 69, lot 347 var. (tunny to right); otherwise unpublished in the standard references. VF, toned, granular surfaces.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Trihemiobol325 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Trihemiobol (10mm, 1.17g, 5h). Forepart of boar left; to right, tunny upward / Head of roaring lion left within incuse square. VF, toned, minor deposits, light double strike on reverse.
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Kyzikos (BC 460-440) Tetartemorion324 viewsca 480-450 BC. Hemiobol (0.24g, 6mm). Forepart of boar left / Two tunnies swimming in opposite directions. aVF.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Trihemiobol323 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Trihemiobol (11mm, 1.16g). Forepart of boar left; to right, tunny upward / Head of lion left within incuse square. VF, toned, typical; light porosity. Krizan Coll.; ex Peus 320 (11/1987), lot 1080.
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Kyzikos (BC 390-340) Hemidrachm322 viewsca 390-340 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.48g, 12mm). Wreathed head of Kore Soteira left, hair in sakkos / Head of lion left; tunny fish below (off flan), KYZI around. A very rare denomination, one other example is documented as having been sold at auction (CNG E177 lot 93) in 2007, and a third example in poor condition was sold on eBay in 2015.
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Kyzikos (AD 177-192) AE 41 - Commodus318 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE41 - Medallion (35.04g, 12h). Struck circa 191-192 AD. AV KAI [Λ] M AV KOMMOΔ[O]C AN[T CЄB ЄVC ЄVT POMAIOC HP]AKΛHC, laureate bust right, with lion’s skin tied around neck, club over shoulder / NЄ-O[K]O-[PΩN] KVZIKHNΩ[N], two large baskets containing branches and set on tall stands, each being raised by three men holding supports; two additional men standing on supports, two altars or bases before baskets, star-in-crescent above each basket. Fine, rough brown surfaces, pierced. Extremely rare and possibly unique.
This type cannot be adequately explained, but must refer to some local myth or cult practice. The Vienna piece shares the same reverse scene but is smaller and must be earlier in date, with a younger portrait shown laureate, draped, and cuirassed.
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Kyzikos (BC 530-480) Hemiobol316 viewsca 500 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.61g, 8mm). Forepart of tunny right; five or six pellets around / Quadripartite incuse square. Near VF, toned, porous.
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Kyzikos (BC 600-550) Stater316 viewsca 520 BC. AR or BI Stater (20.3mm, 14.71g). Head of tunny fish left; above, fish tail right / Square punch containing irregular markings.
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Kyzikos (BC 470-400) Hemiobol315 viewsca 525-475 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.3g, 12mm). Head of Attis right, wearing Phrygian cap / Quadripartite incuse square. Apparently the second known. Very fine.
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Kyzikos (BC 200-100) AE 28315 views2nd-1st century BC. AE28 (12.60g). Wreathed head of Kore Soteira right, within dotted circle / Tripod, ΚΥZΙ-ΚΗÎΩΠon either side, monogram to left, long torch below. gVF.
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Kyzikos (BC 530-500) Hemiobol313 viewsca 550 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.40g, 7mm). Head tunny fish left, tunny fish behind / Quadripartite incuse square. gVF.
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Kyzikos (BC 520-480) Obol312 viewsca 550-500 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.96g). Dolphin left above tunny / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, lightly toned, minor porosity. Unpublished? Lee Coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) Hemiobol312 viewsca 520-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.64g). Head and neck of bird right, its beak extending over head of tunny upward to right / Irregular incuse.
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Kyzikos (AD 200-270) AE 20311 views3rd century AD. AE20 (4.54g). Diademed and draped female bust right / jar. VF.
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Kyzikos (BC 250-200) AE 28311 views3rd century BC. AE28 (15.04g, 1h). Head of Kore Soteira left, hair in sphendone covered with a veil, wearing wreath of grain ears / Boukranion; monogram above; all within wreath of grain ears. VF, dark green and brown patina with patches of red. Very rare. Liles Coll.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) Hemiobol308 viewsca 600-550 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.3g, 7mm). Two tunny facing right, one above the other / Quadripartite incuse square.
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Hemiobol308 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.31g, 12h). Forepart of boar right; to left, tunny upward / Head of roaring lion left; retrograde K to upper left; all within incuse square. Good VF, toned. Krizan Coll.; ex CNG XXI (6/1992), lot 668 (part of).
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Kyzikos (BC 450-400) Tetartemorion - crescents308 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.14g, 7mm). Crescents in triangular arrangement, pellet in one and between two / Head of roaring lion left within incuse square. gVF. Extremely rare. Apparently unpublished.
Though uncertain, the lion is of very similar style to the lions featured on the fractional coinage from Kyzikos.
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Kyzikos (BC 550-500) Obol306 viewsca 550-480 BC. AR Trihemiobol (1.08g, 9.1mm). Head of tunny fish right; above, tunny fish right / Irregular incuse punch. VF, rare early coinage, original hoard patina.
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Kyzikos (AD 177-192) AE 35 - Commodus306 viewsCommodus, 177-192 AD. AE35 (25.11g). Homonoia with Smyrna. AΥ KAI M AΥΡH - KOMOΔOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI AΡX NAIB KΥINTOΥ ZMΥΡNA / KΥZIKOC, Hero Kyzikos and Amazone of Smyrna clasping hands. Unpublished. Brown patina, VF.
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Kyzikos (AD 253-268) AE 26305 viewsTime of Gallienus, 253-268 AD. AE26 (11.03g). ΚΥZΙ ΚΟC, head of Heros Kyzikos right / CΤΡΑ ΑC ΚΛ[...], two serpent-entwined torches; in between, altar. Brown patina, VF.
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