cn type 11290

Mint

Kyzikos 🔍

Region: Mysia

Date

c. 550-475 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse

Design

Centaur left, head and upper body turned back and picking up a tree (spruce?) with roots as if to defend himself.
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Reverse

Design

Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
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Metrology

Denomination

hekte 🔍

Material

electrum 🔍

Diameter

Max: 11.6 mm / Min: 10 mm

Average Weight

2.63 g (4x)

Public Commentary

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

Citation

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 71, nr. 46, pl. 2, pic. 24 ❐

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 10, nr. 124, pl. 4, pic. 11 (Group IIb/c) ❐

Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 273, pl. 14, pic. 273 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 11290, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11290 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]