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cn coin 55901

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CN Type 21867 🔍

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 550-475 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of Silenus facing with blunt nose, horse ears, beaded hair falling into the forehead and ending in ringlets, moustache and long, beaded full beard; to either side an upwards tunny.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
19 mm
Weight
15.88 g
Owner

Coll. FH, , de

Provenience: CNG 115 (16.9.2020) 184

Public Commentary

Only published as a hekte in the respective reference works, e.g. SNG BN 208.

Literature

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 7, nr. 77, pl. II, pic. 32 (hekte) 

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cn coin 55901, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_55901 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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