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cn coin 38438

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CN Type 11254 🔍

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 500-480 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Lion protome left, its front left paw visible. At right, a tunny.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
18.8 mm
Weight
16.06 g
Owner

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

Owner Inventory No.: 1878,0301.381

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de]

Plaster Cast No: London 24,46

Public Commentary

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

Citation

Wroth, Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Mysia., London 1892 p. 24, nr. 46, pl. V, pic. 9 

Literature

Schultz, Antike Münzen: Bildheft zur Ausstellung des Münzkabinetts in der Antikensammlung im Pergamonmuseum, Berlin 1997 nr. 76

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 5, nr. 41, pl. 1, pic. 42 (Group IIa) 

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 105, nr. 109

Wroth, Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Mysia., London 1892 p. 24, nr. 46

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cn coin 38438, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_38438 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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