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cn coin 24744

Connected to Type
CN Type 11291 🔍
Mint
Kyzikos 🔍
Region: Mysia
Date
c. 550-475 BC
Archaic Period  🔍
Obverse
Design
Bearded Triton left, the upper part of the body turned forward, reclining over a tunny. In his raised right hand he holds a wreath.
Reverse
Design
Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Metrology
Denomination
hekta 🔍
Material
electrum  🔍
Diameter
11 mm
Weight
2.65 g
Owner
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris, fr  
Owner Inventory No.: 41773275
Provenience: Delepierre 2509
Public Commentary
H. von Fritze (1912) - Group IIb
Citation
Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 276, pl. 14, pic. 276 
Nicolet, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. Bibliothèque nationale, Cabinet des médailles, Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre, Paris 1983 nr. 2509 
Literature
Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 50, nr. 11, pl. 1, pic. 12 
Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 10, nr. 126, pl. 4, pic. 12 
Touratsoglou, Mint of Kyzikos. The electrum production. Iconographic Study 34, 2016 p. 22, nr. 67 
Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines. T. I, P. 2: Description historique, Paris 1907 p. 163, nr. 274, pl. 6, pic. 32 
Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 276, pl. 14, pic. 276 
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cn coin 24744, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_24744 [Last downloaded: 2023/03/28]
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