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Legend

Mint

Hoard

Findspot

cn type 11291

Mint

Kyzikos 🔍

Region: Mysia

Date

c. 550-475 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse

Design

Bearded Triton left, the upper part of the body turned forward, reclining over a tunny. In his raised right hand he holds a wreath.
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Reverse

Design

Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
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Metrology

Denomination

hekte 🔍

Material

electrum 🔍

Diameter

Max: 12 mm / Min: 10 mm

Average Weight

2.66 g (6x)

Public Commentary

H. von Fritze (1912) - Group IIc

Citation

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 50, nr. 11, pl. 1, pic. 12 ❐

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 10, nr. 126, pl. 4, pic. 12 ❐

Touratsoglou, Mint of Kyzikos. The electrum production. Iconographic Study 34, 2016 p. 22, nr. 67 ❐

Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines. T. I, P. 2: Description historique, Paris 1907 p. 163, nr. 274, pl. 6, pic. 32 ❐

Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 276, pl. 14, pic. 276 ❐

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cn type 11291, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11291 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]