Objets de Cyzique

(en) Cyzicus was an ancient Greek town in Mysia in Anatolia, in the modern-day Balıkesir Province of Turkey. According to legend, the city was founded by Pelasgians from Thessaly, at the coming of the Argonauts, around 1300 BC. Around 756 BC, it received colonists from Miletus, and its importance began near the end of the Peloponnesian War when the conflict centred on the sea routes connecting Greece to the Black Sea. Like the other Greek cities in Asia, it fell under the rule of the Persia Empire until Alexander the Great captured it in 334 BC. In 74 BC, the city, allied with Rome, withstood a siege by 300 000 men led by King Mithridates VI of Pontus. The siege was raised by Lucullus. The loyalty of the city was rewarded by an extension of territory and the recognition of its municipal independence, being the leading city of Northern Mysia as far as Troas. The independence of Cyzikus lasted until the time of Emperor Tiberius, when it was incorporated into the Roman Empire as the capital of Mysia (and later Hellespontus). Cyzikus issued provincial bronzes starting with the rule of Augustus and continued to strike coins well into the Byzantine era. Its mintmarks were C, CM, CVZ (sometimes with the Z reversed), CVZIC, K, KVZ, MC, MK, MKV, or SMK. Lire la suite

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Voir aussi : Cyzique

Æ34 - Claudius II (ϹΤΡΑ ϹΕΠΤ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟΥ / ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ Β / ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ)
(268-270)
Pièces › Pièces courantes
Bronze • 23,33 g • ⌀ 34 mm
RPC Online X# 78643, N# 494422

Æ42 - Claudius II (ϹΤΡΑ ϹΕΠΤ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟΥ / ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ Β / ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ)
(268-270)
Pièces › Pièces courantes
Bronze • 49,06 g • ⌀ 42 mm
RPC Online X# 78644, N# 494425

Æ34 - Claudius II (ϹΤΡΑ ϹΕΠΤ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟΥ / ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ Β / ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ)
(268-270)
Pièces › Pièces courantes
Bronze • 25,16 g • ⌀ 34 mm
RPC Online X# 89529, N# 494421

Medallion - Time of Commodus (Homonoia with Smyrna)
(180-182)
Médailles commémoratives › Médailles de personnalités : Homonoia de Cyzikus avec Smyrne
Bronze • 35 g • ⌀ 43 mm
RPC Online IV.2# 746, N# 372473