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cn coin 39212

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CN Type 11290 🔍

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Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 550-475 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Centaur left, head and upper body turned back and picking up a tree (spruce?) with roots as if to defend himself.
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Reverse
Design
Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
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Metrology
Denomination
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
11.2 mm
Weight
2.62 g
Owner

Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž (Ermitage), Sankt Petersburg, ru

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de]

Plaster Cast No: Petersb.13, 2.62

Public Commentary

H. von Fritze (1912) - Gruppe IIc

Literature

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 71, nr. 46, pl. 2, pic. 24

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 10, nr. 124, pl. 4, pic. 11 (Group IIb/c) 

Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 273, pl. 14, pic. 273

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cn coin 39212, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_39212 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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