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cn coin 33211

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CN Type 11284 🔍

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 550-475 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Nude young man kneeling left and holding a tunny by the tail fin in his outstretched right hand.
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Reverse
Design
Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
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Metrology
Denomination
hekte 🔍  
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
9 mm
Weight
2.57 g
Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 18270180

Provenience: 1864/28675/12 (Sperling)

Public Commentary

H. von Fritze (1912) - Gruppe IIc

Citation

Friedländer and Sallet, Das Königliche Münzkabinet: Geschichte und Übersicht der Sammlung nebst erklärender Beschreibung der auf Schautischen ausgelegten Auswahl, Berlin 1878 nr. 100  ❐

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 94, nr. 86  ❐

Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines. T. I, P. 2: Description historique, Paris 1907 p. 167, nr. 286  ❐

Literature

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 94, nr. 86 ❐

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 9, nr. 112, pl. 3, pic. 31 (Group IIc; Stater illustrated)  ❐

Touratsoglou, Mint of Kyzikos. The electrum production. Iconographic Study 34, 2016 p. 21, nr. 56 ❐

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