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Features

Issuer	Kios (Bithynia)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	325 BC - 300 BC
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Bronze
Weight	1.35 g
Diameter	12 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 573842
References	BMC Greek# 20-23 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 381-382 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , SNG von Aulock# 7003-7004 Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , Recueil# 7-11 William Henry Waddington, Ernest Babelon, Théodore Reinach. Recueil général des monnaies grecques d'Asie mineure. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France (4 volumes). , HGC 7# 559 Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia / Volume 7: Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos): Fifth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.

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Obverse

Head of Mithras right, wearing a laureate tiara.

Reverse

Kantharos with two grape vines within wreath of grain.

Script: Greek

Lettering: KI

Mint

Cius / Prusias ad Mare, Bithynia, modern-day Gemlik, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (325 BC - 300 BC)							$ 63

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Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG obolos 41 Lot 151	22 Feb 2026	VF	USD 31.48 (CHF 25.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 115 Lot 259	14 Dec 2023	VF	USD 93.70 (GBP 70.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Nomos AG obolos 20 Lot 11	3 Oct 2021	VF	USD 31.48 (CHF 25.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Majestic FPL 3, June 2001, 310052
© Nomos AG
	Nomos AG obolos 20 Lot 12	3 Oct 2021	VF	USD 69.26 (CHF 55.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 14, 6 October 1998, 91
© Nomos AG
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 16 Lot 733	22 May 2021	VF	USD 81.85 (CHF 65.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Aufhäuser 6, 5 October 1989, 98
© Leu Numismatik
	Nomos AG obolos 19 Lot 321	9 May 2021	VF	USD 62.96 (CHF 50.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 24 Lot 155	2 Nov 2014	VF	USD 52.02 (EUR 45.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	CNG Electronic Auction 267 Lot 179	2 Nov 2011	VF	USD 95.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Künker Auction 133 Lot 7444	11 Oct 2007	VF	USD 46.24 (EUR 40.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Künker Auction 133 Lot 7443	11 Oct 2007	VF	USD 127.15 (EUR 110.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg