Dolphins and Tuna Cyzicus – Ancient Greece
Dolphins and Tuna Cyzicus – Ancient Greece
Item 29997
Country Cook Islands (the)
Year 2022
Face Value 5 Dollars
Metal Gold .9999
Weight 0.5 g
Size 11 mm
Quality Industrial Proof
Mintage 15000

Ancient cities chose symbols for their coinage that represented the founding mythology, a pun on the city’s name, a characteristic feature of the economy or the city’s devotion to a particular deity.

Cyzicus was one of the great trade cities of the ancient world. It was located on the Sea of Marmara and ruled by the Persian Empire until its capture by Alexander the Great in 334 BC. Tuna fishing was a cornerstone of the economy of Cyzicus, so much so that the animal became the defining feature of the coinage from the city. The two dolphins encircling Cyzicus’ tuna symbolize Poseidon, the god of the sea.

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