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Located at the head of the Propontis, in Bithynia, Kios or Cius; sacked and renamed Prusias ad Mare by King Prusias I in 202 BC, but renamed back to Kios under the Romans
| RecGen 2•4cf | Bithynia, Kios AR Drachm. Circa 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / Prow of galley left, star on stern; magistrate PROX-ENOS. cf SNGLockett 2676 & Recueil General plate XLIX 4 and 18 for stater & hemidrachm of same magistrate. | Text | Image | |
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| RecGen 2•6 | Bithynia, Kios AR Drachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / prow of galley left, magistrate HGES-TRATOS. McClean 7459. | Text | Image | |
| RecGen 3•5cf | Kios. c350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm. Laureate head of Apollo right; KIA below / Prow of galley left, star on stern; magistrate ARISTOKRATHS. Cf Rec Gen 2/5 for drachm of this magistrate. | Text | Image | |
| RecGen 3•9v | Bithynia, Kios AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star; dolphin to left & magistrate AQHNO / PWR(...). BMC 15v. | Text | Image | |
| RecGen 3•10 | Bithynia, Kios AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star; grain ear before, magistrate A-QHNO / DWROS. Hunterian 1, BMC 4. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| RecGen 3•11 | Bithynia, Kios AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star; magistrate BAK-CEUS. Hunterian 2. | Text | Image | |
| RecGen 3•12 | Bithynia, Kios AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / prow of galley left, magistrate DHMH-TRIOS. Rec Gen 3, plate XLIX 12. | Text | Image | |
| RecGen 3•14 | Bithynia, Kios. c350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm. Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left; magistrate MILH-TOS. BMC 6, SNGCop 370. | Text | Image | Text | Obv | Rev | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| RecGen 3•15 | Bithynia, Kios. Circa 350-300 BC. AR Hemidrachm. Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left; magistrate NIKAS above. | Text | Image | Text | Obv | Rev |
| RecGen 3•16 | Bithynia, Kios AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star; magistrate POSEI-DWNIOS. BMC 8-10. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| RecGen 3•17 | Bithynia, Kios AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star; grain ear behind, magistrate P-OSIS. | Text | Image | |
| RecGen 3.18 Sear #3757 | Bithynia, Kios AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / PROX-ENOS, prow of galley left. BMC 11, SNGCop 373, Rec Gen 3 plate XLIX 18. | Text | Image | |
| RecGen 3•19 | Bithynia, Kios AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star; magistrate S-WSAN/DROS; grain ear to right. BMC 13, SNG Cop 348, SNG BMC Black Sea 112. | Text | Image | Text | Obv | Rev | Text | Obv | Rev | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
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| RecGen 3•20 | Bithynia, Kios AR Hemidrachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Prow of galley left, ornamented with star; magistrate SWSI-GENHS. SNG Cop 375. | Text | Image | |
| RecGen 4•16cf | Bithynia, Kios AR Trihemiobol or Quarter Drachm. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / POSEI-DWNIOS, prow of galley right. SNG Cop 377; cf Rec Gen 3/16 for hemidrachm of same magistrate. | Text | Image | |
| RecGen 4•24 | Bithynia, Kios AR Trihemiobol. ca 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right, KIA below / magistrate PROS-THNOS, prow of galley left | Text | Image | |
| RecGen 7 | Bithynia, Kios. ca 325-300 BC. Æ 11mm. Head of Mithras right, in a laureate tiarra / K-I-A, kantharos with two grape vines; within wreath of grain. SNGvA 7004. | Text | Image | |
| RecGen 18 | Bithynia, Kios Æ 19mm. 3rd century BC. Head of young Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / KIANWN, club and bow in bow-case, DI. SNG Cop 384v. | Text | Image | |
| Thompson 180 Lysimachos | Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Tetradrachm. Kios mint, circa 288-281 BC. Head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BASILEWS LUSIMACOU, Athena seated left, holding Nike, left elbow resting on her shield; monogram above knee, club below throne, grain ear in exergue. | Text | Image | |
| mek 162 Lysimachos | Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachus AR Tetradrachm. Cius, posthumous issue, before ca 200 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena enthroned left, holding Nike & resting elbow on grounded shield, transverse spear in background, club in outer left field, gorytus & unclear monogram in ex. | Text | Image | |
| meyd 2668 Lysimachos | Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachus AR Tetradrachm. Cius mint, posthumous issue, before ca 235 BC. Diademed, horned head of Alexander the Great right / BASILEWS LUSIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, club in outer left field, MYO monogram in inner left field, bow in bowcase & TL monogram in ex. | Text | Image | |
Antinous - _kios_AE38_bull | Antinoüs Æ38 of Kios, Bithynia. ANTINOWS HROS, bare-headed, half-length bust of Antinoüs right, holding sceptre over shoulder / KIANWN ADPIANOI above & below bull standing right. | Text | Image | |
Macrinus - Receuil General 66cf | Bithynia, Cius. Macrinus Æ 18. MAKPEINOC AVGOVCTOC, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / KIANWN, Thanatos, winged Genius of Death, leaning on torch right, extinguishing it on a low column. cf Rec Gen 66 of Caracalla. | Text | Image | |
Tranquillina - Receuil General 109 | Tranquillina Æ 25mm of Cius, Bithynia. CABEINA TPANKVLLEINA, diademed & draped bust right / KIANWN, Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder & cornucopiae. SNG von Aulock 513, SNG Cop 396. | Text | Image | |
| See also: | Perseus Project database, coins of Kios | |||
| Search for Bithynia, Kios at CoinArchives.com | ||||
| Entry for Bithynia, Kios on the Digital Historia Numorum | ||||
| Search for Cius in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum | ||||
| Search for Kios at AsiaMinorCoins.com | ||||
| Search for Cius in the ANS Database | ||||
| Search for Kios at AncientImports.com | ||||
| Search for Kios at Incitatus Coins | ||||
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