cn type 11281
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cn type 11281

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 550-475 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
A griffin with open beak, angled wings, and a raised right forepaw standing left atop a tunny.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
hekte 🔍  
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
10 mm (1x)
Average Weight
2.57 g (1x)
Citation

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 118, nr. 145, pl. 6, pic. 7  ❐

Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines II.2, Paris 1910 p. 1443, nr. 2730, pl. 176, pic. 11  ❐

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 8, nr. 100, pl. 3, pic. 18  ❐

Touratsoglou, Mint of Kyzikos. The electrum production. Iconographic Study 34, 2016 p. 20, nr. 47  ❐

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cn type 11281, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11281 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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