Live auction - bgr_966231 - MYSIA – KYZIKOS / CYZICUS Tétradrachme
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Live starting : Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 390-370 AC
Mint name / Town : Mysie, Cyzique
Metal : silver
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 14,82 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire sur un flan court, ovale, centré. Revers quasiment SUP. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête de Perséphone à gauche, voilée, couronnée avec des épis.
Obverse legend : SWTEIRA.
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête de lion à gauche, la langue béante ; derrière la crinière, les restes d'une canthare.
Reverse legend : K-U-XIKHN-WN.
Reverse translation : (des Cyzicènes).
Commentary
Ce type est normalement classé en fin de monnayage. Mais Meadows dans Pixodarus Hoard, CH. IX, op. cit., p. 168 pense que les monnaies avec l’ethnique longue précèdent l’émission avec l’ethnique courte, renforcé par l’absence des tétradrachmes à légende longue dans le trésor de Pixodare et leur présence dans celui de Durasalar (IGCH. 1201) enfoui vers 390-380 avant J.-C..
Historical background
MYSIA – KYZIKOS / CYZICUS
(390-330 BC)
Cyzicus, a colony of Miletus founded in the 8th century BC, is placed on the Propontis on the island of Arktonnesos. Its political and economic situation was preponderant between Pont-Euxin and the Aegean Sea by controlling the Propontis at the outlet of the Hellespont. Coinage began at the end of the 7th century BC. An important coinage of electrum was minted between 600 and 330 BC with the tuna as its symbol. After an extremely rare issue with the effigy of the satrap Pharnabaze around 395-394 BC, the coinage with the portrait of Koré began around 390 BC and ended with the arrival of Alexander the Great in Asia Minor. The city was supposed to be the place where Persephone was abducted by Hades.
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