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cn coin 38386

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CN Type 11686 🔍

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Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 600-550 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Tunny head with spine and open mouth left.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square; the area of the partial squares is different in height, the treatment rough.
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Metrology
Denomination
Hemihekte 🔍  
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
8.8 mm
Weight
1.33 g
Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 1919,0417.63

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: Lond 2

Public Commentary

H. von Fritze (1912), Gruppe I

Literature

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 3, nr. 6, pl. 1, pic. 5, annot. Hekte (Group I)  ❐

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 3, nr. 6, pl. 1, pic. 5, annot. Abb.: Hekte (Group I)  ❐

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cn coin 38386, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_38386 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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