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cn coin 38876

Connected to Type
CN Type 11270 🔍
Mint
Kyzikos 🔍
Region: Mysia
Date
c. 550-475 BC
Archaic/Classical Period  🔍
Obverse
Design
Siren with upright wings standing left on a ground line. In the raised right front paw she holds a tunny by the tail fin.
Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
Metrology
Denomination
hekta 🔍
Material
electrum  🔍
Diameter
12 mm
Weight
2.62 g
Owner
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris, fr  
Provenience: Luynes
Reproduction Owner
BBAW, Berlin [de]
Plaster Cast No: Luynes 2106, 2.61
Public Commentary
H. von Fritze (1912) - Gruppe IIa
Citation
Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 203, pl. 12, pic. 203 
Babelon, Catalogue de la collection De Luynes: monnayes grecques, Sala Bolognese 1977 nr. 2439 
Literature
Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 100, nr. 97, pl. 4, pic. 24  
Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 7, nr. 74, pl. 2, pic. 29 (Group IIa; Stater illustrated)   
Touratsoglou, Mint of Kyzikos. The electrum production. Iconographic Study 34, 2016 p. 18, nr. 26  
Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 100, nr. 97, pl. 4, pic. 24  
Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 7, nr. 74, pl. 2, pic. 29 (Group IIa; Stater illustrated)   
Touratsoglou, Mint of Kyzikos. The electrum production. Iconographic Study 34, 2016 p. 18, nr. 26  
Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 203, pl. 12, pic. 203  
Franke, Sylloge nummorum graecorum Deutschland. Heft 16: Sammlung v. Aulock. Nachträge II. Mysien 7191-7531, Troas 7532-7666, Aeolis 7667-7709, Lesbos 7710-7758, Berlin 1967 nr. 7278-7280  
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cn coin 38876, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_38876 [Last downloaded: 2023/09/22]
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