Mint of Cyzicus

c. 550 BC/BCE to 300 CE

Cyzicus was an ancient Greek town in Mysia in Anatolia in the current Balıkesir Province of Turkey. The coinage of this city begins in the sixth century, and consists principally of staters and hectae composed of electrum or pale gold. These coins of Cyzicus, together with the Persian darics, constituted the staple of the gold currency of the whole ancient world until such time as they were both superseded by the gold staters of Philip and Alexander the Great. It later struck Imperial coins as a Roman colony until the reign of Claudius Gothicus.

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c. 550 BC/BCE to 300 CE

Cyzicus was an ancient Greek town in Mysia in Anatolia in the current Balıkesir Province of Turkey. The coinage of this city begins in the sixth century, and consists principally of staters and hectae composed of electrum or pale gold. These coins of Cyzicus, together with the Persian darics, constituted the staple of the gold currency of the whole ancient world until such time as they were both superseded by the gold staters of Philip and Alexander the Great. It later struck Imperial coins as a Roman colony until the reign of Claudius Gothicus.

Subject ID: 128089

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