cn type 11247
cn type 11247-0
cn type 11247-1
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cn type 11247

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 575-500 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Tunny head right, below a tunny left. Underneath, the rear half of a fish swimming right.
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Reverse
Design
Incuse square, quartered by two lines.
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Metrology
Denomination
hekte 🔍  
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 10 mm / Min: 8 mm
Average Weight
2.67 g (1x)
Citation

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 4, nr. 30  ❐

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 123, nr. 162, pl. 6, pic. 25  ❐

Imhoof-Blumer and Keller, Tier- und Pflanzenbilder auf Münzen und Gemmen des klassischen Altertums, Leipzig 1889 p. 45, nr. 9, pl. 7  ❐

Mani Hurter and Liewald, Die frühesten Typen der Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Thunfische, Thunfischköpfe und -hinterhälften, Bern 2006 p. 13, nr. 33, pl. 1, pic. 2  ❐

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cn type 11247, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11247 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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