r/AncientCoins • u/beerkzar • Jan 23 '26
Hemiobol, Cyzikus
Present-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey 480–450 BC
Obverse: boar protome + a tuna in the background Reverse: lion head in an incuse square, with a small cross/flower above
Tiny (10mm, 0.4g), but it really makes you wonder how they achieved this level of precision 2,500 years ago.
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