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MYSIA. Cyzicus. Ca. 500-450 BC. EL stater (20mm, 16.01 gm). NGC XF 4/5 - 4/5, flan flaws. Forepart of winged stag left; tunny fish diagonally left below / Quadripartite mill-sail incuse square punch. Greenwell -, cf. 128 and pl. V 22 (hecte, horse). Von Fritze 102. Rosen 222. Stunningly sharp devices bursting with warm autumnal toning in the central devices, and haloed by mellow peripherals.
Cyzicus was an important city on the northwestern coast of Anatolia, well positioned to take advantage of trade across and through the Sea of Marmara. Its coinage was in more or less continuous production from about 550 BC to circa AD 630, a nearly 1,200 year span unmatched by any other ancient mint. The tunny (tuna) fish was the symbol of Cyzicus from mid-6th century BC, when the city began striking electrum staters and fractions that circulated so widely the generic term for a stater became a cyzicenus. The fishing trade was critical to the economy of Cyzicus and it is likely the tunny fish became a form of pre-coinage currency, which carried over to become a mint symbol after the invention of coinage in nearby Lydia.
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MYSIA. Cyzicus. Ca. 500-450 BC. EL stater (20mm, 16.01 gm). NGC XF 4/5 - 4/5, flan flaws. Forepart of winged stag left; tunny fish diagonally left below / Quadripartite mill-sail incuse square punch. Greenwell -, cf. 128 and pl. V 22 (hecte, horse). Von Fritze 102. Rosen 222. Stunningly sharp devices bursting with warm autumnal toning in the central devices, and haloed by mellow peripherals.
Cyzicus was an important city on the northwestern coast of Anatolia, well positioned to take advantage of trade across and through the Sea of Marmara. Its coinage was in more or less continuous production from about 550 BC to circa AD 630, a nearly 1,200 year span unmatched by any other ancient mint. The tunny (tuna) fish was the symbol of Cyzicus from mid-6th century BC, when the city began striking electrum staters and fractions that circulated so widely the generic term for a stater became a cyzicenus. The fishing trade was critical to the economy of Cyzicus and it is likely the tunny fish became a form of pre-coinage currency, which carried over to become a mint symbol after the invention of coinage in nearby Lydia.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-mysia-cyzicus-ca-500-450-bc-el-stater-20mm-1601-gm-ngc-xf-4-5-4-5-flan-flaws/a/3107-31072.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3107-05032023
HID02906262019
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