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cn coin 30781

Connected to Type
CN Type 22900 🔍
Mint
Kyzikos 🔍
Region: Mysia
Date
c. 550-460 BC
Archaic/Classical Period  🔍
Obverse
Design
Nude male figure with dolphin head (Apollo Delphinios?) flying left. In his outstretched right hand he holds a tunny.
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Reverse
Design
Incuse square, quartered by two lines.
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Metrology
Denomination
Hemihekte 🔍
Material
electrum  🔍
Diameter
8 mm
Weight
1.33 g
Owner
Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de  
Owner Inventory No.: 18268850
Provenience: Fox 1873 (ex Baron Behr, 1857)
Citation
Lenormant and Behr, Description des médailles et antiquités composant le cabinet de M. le Baron Behr, Paris 1857 p. 71, nr. 413 
Literature
Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 82, nr. 60, pl. 3, pic. 11  
Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 7, nr. 79  
Regling, Die antike Münze als Kunstwerk, Berlin 1924 p. 126, nr. 57, pl. 3  
Franke, Die griechische Münze, München 1972 p. 145, nr. 699, pl. 198  
Mani Hurter and Liewald, Die frühesten Typen der Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Thunfische, Thunfischköpfe und -hinterhälften, Bern 2006 p. 33, nr. 79, pl. 5  
Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 82, nr. 60  
Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 7, nr. 79  
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cn coin 30781, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_30781 [Last downloaded: 2025/05/15]
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