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cn type 11427

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 550-460 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Bow of a ship (prora) in the shape of a winged animal (wolf?). Below, a tunny left.
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Reverse
Design
Incuse square, quartered by two lines.
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Metrology
Denomination
stater 🔍  
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 22.1 mm / Min: 22 mm
Average Weight
16.11 g (1x)
Citation

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 124, nr. 170  ❐

Imhoof-Blumer and Keller, Tier- und Pflanzenbilder auf Münzen und Gemmen des klassischen Altertums, Leipzig 1889 p. 65, nr. 12, pl. 11  ❐

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 7, nr. 80, pl. 2, pic. 35  (Group IIa)  ❐

Fischer-Bossert, Kyzikener Falzschrötlinge, Wien 2015 p. 83  ❐

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cn type 11427, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11427 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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