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cn type 11419

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 550-460 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of a female lion left with closed mouth. In the right field, an upwards tunny.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
stater 🔍  
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 23 mm / Min: 19 mm
Average Weight
16.12 g (2x)
Public Commentary

H. von Fritze (1912) - Gruppe IIa (550-475 v. Chr.)

Citation

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 107, nr. 115, pl. 5, pic. 8  ❐

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 5, nr. 39, pl. 1, pic. 40  ❐

Touratsoglou, Mint of Kyzikos. The electrum production. Iconographic Study 34, 2016 p. 16, nr. 3  ❐

Mani Hurter and Liewald, Neue Nominale in der Elektronprägung von Kyzikos, Bern 2004 p. 32, nr. 39  ❐

Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 178, pl. 11, pic. 178  ❐

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cn type 11419, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11419 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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