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Tetradrachm astragalos
| Issuer | Kyzikos (Mysia) |
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| Year | 390 BC - 340 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm (500-27BC) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Left-facing head of a lion with open jaws and protruding tongue, rendered with vigorous naturalism in the Classical tradition. Beneath the lion's head, a tunny fish swims to the left, a longstanding civic badge of Kyzikos referencing the city's maritime prominence on the Propontis. An astragalos (knucklebone) appears behind the lion's head in the field, serving as the identifying type-mark for this emission. The ethnic ΚΥ ΞΙ is placed in the field, abbreviating ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ. The combination of the lion, tunny, and astragalos constitutes the full type-complex distinguishing this specific issue within the Kyzikene tetradrachm series. |
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| Mint | Kyzikos (Mysia) |
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