cn coin 21812

Connected to Type

CN Type 11419 🔍

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 550-460 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of a female lion left with closed mouth. In the right field, an upwards tunny.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
19 mm
Weight
16.00 g
Owner

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris, fr

Owner Inventory No.: 41766408

Provenience: Fonds général.367

Public Commentary

H. von Fritze (1912) - Gruppe IIa (550-475 v. Chr.)

Citation

Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 178, pl. 11, pic. 178 

Literature

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 5, nr. 39, pl. 1, pic. 40 (Group IIa) 

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 107, nr. 115, pl. 5, pic. 8

Touratsoglou, Mint of Kyzikos. The electrum production. Iconographic Study 34, 2016 p. 16, nr. 3

Mani Hurter and Liewald, Neue Nominale in der Elektronprägung von Kyzikos, Bern 2004 p. 32, nr. 39

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 107, nr. 115, pl. 5, pic. 8

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 5, nr. 39, pl. 1, pic. 40

Touratsoglou, Mint of Kyzikos. The electrum production. Iconographic Study 34, 2016 p. 16, nr. 3

Mani Hurter and Liewald, Neue Nominale in der Elektronprägung von Kyzikos, Bern 2004 p. 32, nr. 39

Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 178, pl. 11, pic. 178

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