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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Themes & Provenance| ▸ |Gods, Non-Olympian| ▸ |Kore||View Options:   | | | Persephone, also called Kore, is the daughter of Zeus and the harvest goddess Demeter, and queen of the underworld; she was abducted by Hades, the king of the underworld. |
In 74 B.C. Cyzicus, allied with Rome, withstood a siege by King Mithridates VI of Pontus. Rome rewarded this loyalty with territory and with municipal independence which lasted until the reign of Tiberius. When it was incorporated into the Empire, it was made the capital of Mysia, afterward of Hellespontus. Cyzicus was one of the great cities of the ancient world.GB113942. Bronze AE 19, cf. BMC Mysia p. 39, 147 ff., SNG Cop 68 ff., SNG BnF 452 ff., SNGvA 1235, F, green patina, scratches, light deposits, weight 4.457 g, maximum diameter 18.8 mm, die axis 0o, Kyzikos (Kapu Dagh, Turkey) mint, c. 1st century B.C.; obverse head of Kore Soteira right, wreathed with grain; reverse KY/ZI in two lines, partially obscure monogram at center, all inside oak wreath;
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