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cn coin 65683

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CN Type 11420 🔍

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Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 550-460 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
A ram with head turned back kneeling left. Below, a tunny left.
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Reverse
Design
Incuse square, quartered by two lines.
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Metrology
Denomination
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
20 mm
Weight
15.99 g
Owner

Landesmuseum Württemberg. Münzkabinett Stuttgart, Stuttgart, de

Owner Inventory No.: MK 1971-19

Provenience: Ex Slg. Aulock 1190; Ashburnham 143; Weber 5016; Jameson 2167

Public Commentary

Jahrbuch der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen in Baden-Württemberg 9, Stuttgart 1972 S. 344-345 Nr. 45 a-b

Citation

Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, Catalogue of the collection of Greek coins in gold, silver and electrum, the property of the Earl of Ashburnham (06.03.1895), London 1895 nr. 143 

Forrer, The Weber collection: Greek coins, New York 1975 nr. 5016 

Jameson, Collection R. Jameson, Paris 1913 nr. 2167 

Bosch and Kraft, Sylloge nummorum graecorum Deutschland. Heft 4: Sammlung v. Aulock. Mysien, 1050-1438, Berlin 1957 nr. 1190 

Literature

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 113, nr. 131, pl. 5, pic. 25

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 5, nr. 47, pl. 1, pic. 48

Brett, Catalogue of Greek coins. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1955 nr. 1419

Wroth, Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Mysia., London 1892 p. 24, nr. 48, pl. 5, pic. 11

Web Reference: https://bawue.museum-digital.de/object/60074

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cn coin 65683, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_65683 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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