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Legend

Mint

Hoard

Findspot

cn type 11426

Mint

Kyzikos 🔍

Region: Mysia

Date

c. 550-475 BC

Archaic/Classical Period 🔍

Obverse

Design

Winged sphinx with a lotus tendril ending in two spirals on the crown of the head lying left, the right paw raised slightly. Below, a tunny left.
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Reverse

Design

Quadripartite incuse square.
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Metrology

Denomination

hekte 🔍

Material

electrum 🔍

Diameter

Max: 11.6 mm / Min: 9.7 mm

Average Weight

2.67 g (6x)

Public Commentary

H. von Fritze (1912) - Gruppe IIa

Citation

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 101, nr. 100 ❐

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 6, nr. 72, pl. 2, pic. 26 (Group IIa) ❐

Touratsoglou, Mint of Kyzikos. The electrum production. Iconographic Study 34, 2016 p. 18, nr. 25 ❐

Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 201-202 ❐

Franke, Sylloge nummorum graecorum Deutschland. Sammlung v. Aulock. Nachträge II. Mysien 7191-7531, Troas 7532-7666, Aeolis 7667-7709, Lesbos 7710-7758, Berlin 1967 nr. 7277 ❐

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cn type 11426, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11426 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]