cn type 11256
cn type 11256-0
cn type 11256-1
Legend
Mint
Hoard
Findspot

cn type 11256

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 550-475 BC

Archaic/Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Winged griffin with an open beak and raised right forepaw standing left atop tunny left.
go to the NLP result of this description
Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
go to the NLP result of this description
Metrology
Denomination
stater 🔍  
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 23 mm / Min: 14.4 mm
Average Weight
15.97 g (8x)
Public Commentary

H. von Fritze (1912) - Gruppe IIb/c

Citation

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 8, nr. 99, pl. 3, pic. 19  (Group IIb/c)  ❐

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 117, nr. 143, pl. 6, pic. 5  ❐

Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 239-240, pl. 13, pic. 239-240  ❐

Literature

Bosch and Kraft, Sylloge nummorum graecorum Deutschland. Heft 4: Sammlung v. Aulock. Mysien, 1050-1438, Berlin 1957 nr. 1195, annot. Hekte ❐

Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942 nr. 42, annot. Hekte ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 11256, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11256 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/22]

License:

This record is licensed under: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike

Contact

Comments or information about this coin? Please email us

Related Coins