TYPE Ancient Greece, autonomous issue of Kyzikos (Mysia), Roman times, bronze AE18, 2.93g
DESCRIPTION .
Obv: Diademed head of founder-hero Kyzikos to right, Greek legend KYZIKOS
Rev: Two fishes, swimming in opposite directions, Greek legend KYZIKINON
REFERENCE: BMC 189
GRADING: VF, rugged dark green patina, rare
ORDER INFO: G2342, $65
Rare type from this otherwise rather profuse mint, with an altogether unusual reverse depiction. Bit weak but discernible legends on both sides, accomplished obverse style, and bold reverse fishes - from a city that boasted tunnyfish in some form (though clearly in different designs) as a city badge from the earliest Archaic times of its coinage.