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Tetradrachm bee
| Issuer | Kyzikos (Mysia) |
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| Year | 340 BC - 300 BC |
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| Currency | Chian-Rhodian drachm |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Kore Soteira facing left, her hair adorned with two grain ears and encased in a sphendone covered by a veil; she wears a single-pendant earring and a necklace. The legend ΣΩΤΕΙΡΑ appears in the field, identifying the deity. The portrait is rendered in the refined Hellenistic style characteristic of late fourth-century Mysian coinage, with finely detailed facial features and drapery. The sphendone and veil together convey both the divine and regal status of the figure. |
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| Reverse description | A lion's head facing left with jaws open and tongue protruding, rendered with vigorous naturalistic detail typical of Hellenistic civic coinage. Beneath the lion's head, a tunny fish swims to the left, serving as a civic badge referencing Kyzikos's maritime identity. Behind the lion's head, a bee appears in the field, a secondary civic symbol also associated with the city. The ethnic legend ΚΥΞΙΚΗΝΩΝ is inscribed in the field, identifying the issuing authority of Kyzikos. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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