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A silver coin of Kyzikos with a boar on the obverse and the head of a lion on the reverse Coin Type: Silver obol of Kyzikos in Mysia, 480-450 BCE
Mint and Date: Kyzikos, 480-450 BCE
Size and Weight: 11mm, 0.8g
Obverse: Forepart of boar left, retrograde E on body. Upright tuna behind.
Reverse: Lion head left, in incuse square.
Ref: GCV 3848
Provenance: Barry Murphy, Vcoins, March 2004
BW Ref: 002 005 022
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