cn coin 21885

Connected to Type

CN Type 11268 🔍

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 550-475 BC

Archaic/Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of a bearded man left with long beaded hair. Underneath a tunny left.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
10 mm
Weight
2.64 g
Owner

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

Owner Inventory No.: 41766481

Provenience: Fonds général.455

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de]

Plaster Cast No: Paris CXXV 2.63

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. 194, pl. 12, pic. 194 

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 91, nr. 78 

Literature

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 6, nr. 66, pl. 2, pic. 19 (Group IIa; Stater illustrated) 

Touratsoglou, Mint of Kyzikos. The electrum production. Iconographic Study 34, 2016 p. 17, nr. 20

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 91, nr. 78

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 6, nr. 66, pl. 2, pic. 19 (Group IIa; Stater illustrated) 

Touratsoglou, Mint of Kyzikos. The electrum production. Iconographic Study 34, 2016 p. 17, nr. 20

Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 194, pl. 12, pic. 194

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cn coin 21885, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_21885 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/22]

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