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cn coin 17973

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CN Type 11415 🔍

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 390-341/340 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΣΩΤΕΙΡΑ
Design
Head of Kore Soteira left with her hair tied up in a shawl (sakkos), ears of grain, and an earring.
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Reverse
Legend
ΚΥ-エΙ
Design
Lion head left with wide open mouth and tongue hanging out. Below, a tunny left.
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Symbol
wreath (position: on the right)
Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Material
Diameter
25 mm
Weight
15.09 g
Axis
12
Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de

Owner Inventory No.: 18231394

Provenience: 1900 Imhoof-Blumer - Vorbesitzer Imhoof-Blumer

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de]

Plaster Cast No: Berlin_J

Literature

Ashton et al., The Pixodarus Hoard (CH 9.421), 2002 p. 167, nr. 16–18, pl. 22, pic. 16–18

Fritze, Die Silberprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1914 p. 42, nr. 23, pl. 5, pic. 26-34 (Group III) 

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cn coin 17973, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_17973 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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