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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 8266916, member: 91461&quot;]Nice chunky monkey<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Here&#039;s some of my Kyzikos coins:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458683[/ATTACH] </p><p>Mysia. Kyzikos</p><p><br /></p><p>480 BC. Obol AR 11mm., 0,71g. Forepart of boar left , E (retrograde) on shoulder, with tall mane and dotted truncation, dotted line on shoulder, to right, tunny upward / Head of roaring lion left with bristling mane, outstretched tongue, and dotted truncation, all within incuse square. </p><p>Ex Silicua Subastas</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;This sweet rarity is up for debate, but most likely from Kyzikos:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458684[/ATTACH] </p><p>Mysia. Kyzikos (?) Uncertain. Tetartemorion (Circa 5th century BC).</p><p>Obv: Crescents in triangular arrangement; pellet in one and between two. Shield (?) </p><p>Rev: Head of roaring lion left within incuse square.</p><p>Condition: Good very fine.</p><p>Weight: 0.09 g.</p><p>Diameter: 6 mm.</p><p>Ex: Savoca</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a countermarked Hellenistic one:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458685[/ATTACH] </p><p>Antiochos IX Eusebes Philopator (Kyzikenos). 114/3-95 BC. Æ 21mm (10.36 g, 12h). Tarsos mint. First reign at Tarsos, 114/3-112 BC. Diademed head right w/ leaf (?)countermark on back of head/ Dionysos standing facing, head left, holding thyrsos and kantharos; to left, E above NK. SC 2352; SNG Spaer 2725 (with countermark on obv.). VF, dark green patina, light earthen highlights.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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