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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 5272049, member: 75937&quot;]While posting over on [USER=70832]@Aidan_()[/USER]&#039;s <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/kyzikos-mysia-ae.371171/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/kyzikos-mysia-ae.371171/">thread about Kyzikos coins with tripods</a>, I became curious about something. The fish on this coin is described as a &quot;tunny,&quot; which I take to refer to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_tunny" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_tunny" rel="nofollow">little tunny</a>, which is apparently a common fish in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I&#039;m no ichthyologist, and maybe there&#039;s something I&#039;m missing, but I don&#039;t see how anyone could identify what species of fish this is from looking at that fusiform shape below the tripod. Couldn&#039;t it just as easily have been some other species or just a stylized fish shape? How did numismatists conclude it was this species?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cyzicus-ae-17-jpg.907464/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Greek AE 17</p><p>Mysia, Cyzicus, c. 400 BC - 280 BC or later 4.02 g; 17.3 mm</p><p>Obv: Head of Persephone, right.</p><p>Rev: KY/ZI either side of tripod; tunny fish below; plectrum in field, right.</p><p>Refs: BMC 15.37,136; Sear Greek 3861; c.f. SNG Cop 62.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Post your fish coins or anything you feel is relevant! </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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