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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
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]

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