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cn coin 21817

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CN Type 11271 🔍

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 550-475 BC

Archaic/Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Lion scalp viewed from above, underneath a tunny left.
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Reverse
Design
Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
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Metrology
Denomination
hekte 🔍  
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
10.7 mm
Weight
2.65 g
Owner

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

Owner Inventory No.: 41766413

Provenience: Fonds général.371

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Public Commentary

H. von Fritze (1912) - Gruppe IIc

Citation

Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 211, pl. 12, pic. 211  ❐

Literature

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 106, nr. 113 ❐

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 7, nr. 82, pl. 3, pic. 1 (Group IIc; Stater illustrated)  ❐

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 106, nr. 113 ❐

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 7, nr. 82, pl. 3, pic. 1 (Group IIc; Stater illustrated)  ❐

Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 211, pl. 12, pic. 211 ❐

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cn coin 21817, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_21817 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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