KYZIKOS MYSIA SILVER HEMIOBOL____Attis & Facing Bull____SEIGED BY 300,000 MEN

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17R21
FRASCATIUS ANCIENTS
A BEAUTIFUL SILVER HEMIOBOL OF KYZIKOS MYSIA FROM 480 - 450 BC.
RARE TYPE
MAY BE THE SMALLEST COIN IN YOUR COLLECTION
Kyzikos was held for the Romans against King Mithridates VI of Pontus who besieged it with 300,000 men in 74 BC, but it withstood him stoutly
THE SIZE IS 7.7 MM AND 0.28 GRAMS.
Von Fritze II, 23
OBVERSE – Head of Attis left, wearing Phrygian cap
REVERSE – KY, head of bull facing slightly right
During the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC) Kyzikos was subject to the Athenians and Lacedaemonians alternately. In the naval Battle of Kyzikos in 410 during the Peloponnesian War, an Athenian fleet routed and completely destroyed a Spartan fleet. At the peace of Antalcidas (387 BC), like the other Greek cities in Asia, it was made over to Persia. Alexander the Great later captured it from the Persians in 334 BC and was later claimed to be responsible for the land bridge connecting the island to the mainland.
The history of the town in Hellenistic times is closely connected with that of the Attalids of Pergamon, with whose extinction it came into direct relations with Rome. Kyzikos was held for the Romans against King Mithridates VI of Pontus who besieged it with 300,000 men in 74 BC, but it withstood him stoutly, and the siege was raised by Lucullus: the loyalty of the city was rewarded by an extension of territory and other privileges. The Romans favored it and recognized its municipal independence. Kyzikos was the leading city of Northern Mysia as far as Troas.
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