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cn coin 38778

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CN Type 11266 🔍

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 550-475 BC

Archaic/Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of Athena left with Corinthian helmet. In the right field, a downwards diagonal tunny.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
hekte 🔍  
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
10.9 mm
Weight
2.63 g
Owner

Provenience: Petersburg (einst Ermitage?)

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: Peters 26, 2.63

Public Commentary

H. von Fritze (1912) - Gruppe IIa

Literature

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 6, nr. 64, pl. 11, pic. 17 (Group IIa; Stater illustrated)  ❐

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 6, nr. 64 ❐

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 61, nr. 26 ❐

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cn coin 38778, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_38778 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/22]

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