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cn type 11273

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 550-475 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Lion with open mouth raised right forepaw sitting left atop a tunny left.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
hekte 🔍  
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 13.8 mm / Min: 10 mm
Average Weight
2.62 g (11x)
Citation

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 103, nr. 105  ❐

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 7, nr. 85, pl. 3, pic. 4  (Group IIb/c; Stater illustrated)  ❐

Touratsoglou, Mint of Kyzikos. The electrum production. Iconographic Study 34, 2016 p. 18, nr. 33  ❐

Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 216-218, pl. 13, pic. 216-218  ❐

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cn type 11273, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11273 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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