cn type 11285
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cn type 11285

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Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 550-475 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Nude young man kneeling left and holding a tunny by the tail fin in his outstretched right hand.
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Reverse
Design
Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
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Metrology
Denomination
Hemihekte 🔍  
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 9.2 mm / Min: 6 mm
Average Weight
1.32 g (5x)
Public Commentary

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

Citation

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 94, nr. 86 

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 9, nr. 112, pl. 3, pic. 31  (Group IIb/c; Stater illustrated) 

Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942 nr. 40 

Bosch and Kraft, Sylloge nummorum graecorum Deutschland. Heft 4: Sammlung v. Aulock. Mysien, 1050-1438, Berlin 1957 nr. 1202 

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cn type 11285, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11285 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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