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cn coin 19913

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CN Type 11427 🔍

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 550-460 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Bow of a ship (prora) in the shape of a winged animal (wolf?). Below, a tunny left.
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Reverse
Design
Incuse square, quartered by two lines.
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Metrology
Denomination
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
22 mm
Weight
16.11 g
Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de

Owner Inventory No.: 18265409

Provenience: Imhoof-Blumer 1900

Citation

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 124, nr. 170 

Imhoof-Blumer and Keller, Tier- und Pflanzenbilder auf Münzen und Gemmen des klassischen Altertums, Leipzig 1889 p. 65, nr. 12, pl. 11  (only obverse pictured) 

Fischer-Bossert, Kyzikener Falzschrötlinge, Wien 2015 p. 83 

Literature

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 6, nr. 72

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 124, nr. 170

Imhoof-Blumer and Keller, Tier- und Pflanzenbilder auf Münzen und Gemmen des klassischen Altertums, Leipzig 1889 p. 65, nr. 12, pl. 11

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 7, nr. 80, pl. 2, pic. 35 (Group IIa) 

Fischer-Bossert, Kyzikener Falzschrötlinge, Wien 2015 p. 83

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cn coin 19913, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_19913 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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