Description: Bithynia, Kios, 325 - 300 BC. Head of Mithras right, wearing a laureate tiara / Kantharos with two grape vines, K-I-A around, within wreath of grain.

Diameter: AE12 mm

Weight: 1,34 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: SNG von Aulock 7004; Waddington Recueil, pg. 314, 8

Commentary: rare; black patina, well centered, good details, minute scratches

History: Kios was destroyed by Philip V of Macedonia during the Cretan War.

Article Number: 047-10-07-41652