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Hemidrachm - Athenodoros
| Issuer | Kios |
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| Year | 345 BC - 315 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | A ship's prow oriented to the left dominates the field, depicted in three-quarter perspective with oar banks and a prominent cutwater; an eagle or bird figure is visible at the prow's head. A single grain ear rises to the right of the prow, serving as a civic symbol. The magistrate's name ΑΘΗΝΟ / ΔΩΡΟΣ is inscribed in two lines in archaic Greek characters, divided above and below the prow respectively, identifying the issuing authority of Kios in Bithynia. |
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| Mint | Kios (Bithynia) |
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Kios, the Bithynian port city on the Propontis, issued coins under named magistrates — a practice that helps modern scholars sequence issues but whose precise administrative meaning remains debated. Athenodoros appears as one such magistrate name on this series, though whether these individuals held civic, religious, or commercial authority is unresolved. The city's strategic position controlling access between the Propontis and the Black Sea made it a persistent object of rivalry among the Macedonian successor powers, and it was ultimately destroyed by Philip V of Macedon in 202 BC.