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MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 550-450 BC. EL Stater (18mm, 16.09 g). Nude youth, holding tunny by its tail in extended right hand, riding dolphin left; below, tunny left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 110; Boston MFA 1486 = Warren 1430; SNG BN –. Minor edge split, slightly off center, minor marks. Good VF.
From the Ramrodivs Collection, purchased from Pegasi Numismatics, 2003.
This rare issue from Kyzikos depicts a nude youth riding a dolphin. Greenwell is of the opinion that this youth is Taras, son of Poseidon, and the coin is another example of the Kyzikene habit of copying the well-known designs of other states’ coins. In this case, the stater likely is copying the famous design of the Tarentine didrachm with the addition of the tunny. What the purpose was for emulating Taras’ style is unknown, but it gives us a delightful coin with a Kyzikene flavor to a Tarentine design.
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