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Tetradrachm

Issuer Kyzikos
Year 170 BC - 150 BC
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Shape Round (irregular)
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Obverse description Draped bust of Kore Soteira facing right, her hair elaborately arranged in flowing curls and bound with a prominent oak wreath whose leaves and acorns are rendered in high relief. A long, feathered grain stalk rises diagonally above the wreath, a characteristic attribute of the goddess. The portrait is executed in a refined Hellenistic style with delicate facial features, a softly modeled cheek, and a graceful neck, occupying the majority of the coin's field without any surrounding legend.
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Reverse description A club, symbol of Herakles, depicted horizontally pointing left, enclosed within a circular oak wreath of finely engraved leaves and acorns. The ethnic legend KYZI-KHNΩN is arranged in two lines, divided above and below the club. Two monograms appear in the upper and lower fields within the wreath, serving as magistrate or workshop control marks. The overall composition is compact and symmetrical, consistent with the civic coinage tradition of Kyzikos in the second century BC.
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Reverse lettering ΚΥΖΙ ΚΗΝΩΝ
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