Caria, Kys
2nd-1st century BCE
Ae 2.24g 15.11mm
Obv: Laureate head of Artemis to right; behind, quiver.
Rev: KYITΩN Quiver and hunting-spear (?); all within wreath.
Head HN p. 617. A. v. Sallet, Die Erwerbungen des Königlichen Münzkabinets vom Jahre 1884 (ZfN XIII, 1885), p. 71. BM Occasional Paper 25, 1981, p. 193. BMC -. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG München -. SNG von Aulock –
Kys was also known as Palaiapolis. The ancient site has been located, but nearly nothing is known about the city. Coins from it are very rare.