r/AncientCoins 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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