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Chalkon
| Issuer | Kyzikos |
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| Year | 200 BC - 100 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Kore Soteira facing right, her hair bound with a wreath of grain ears rendered in low relief. The portrait displays the restrained Hellenistic style typical of 2nd century BC Mysian civic coinage, with delicate facial features set against a plain field. The flan is small and irregularly struck, as is characteristic of this denomination. |
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| Reverse description | A tripod, fitted with a single ring at the apex and two lateral handles, stands upon a tunny fish oriented to the right — the tunny being the emblematic civic symbol of Kyzikos. A monogram appears to the right of the tripod in the field. The design is boldly conceived within the confined flan, with the combination of tripod and tunny referencing both the religious and commercial identity of the city. |
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| Mintage | ND (200 BC - 100 BC) - ΕΥ monogram; struck ca. 2nd century BC - ND (200 BC - 100 BC) - ΣΕ monogram; struck ca. 2nd century BC - |
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