cn type 11429
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cn type 11429

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Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 550-460 BC

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Obverse
Design
Nude male figure with dolphin head (Apollo Delphinios?) flying left. In his outstretched right hand he holds a tunny.
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Reverse
Design
Incuse square, quartered by two lines.
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Metrology
Denomination
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 22 mm / Min: 18 mm
Average Weight
16.10 g (6x)
Citation

Regling, Die antike Münze als Kunstwerk, Berlin 1924 p. 126, nr. 57, pl. 3 

Franke, Die griechische Münze, München 1972 p. 145, nr. 699, pl. 198 

Mani Hurter and Liewald, Die frühesten Typen der Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Thunfische, Thunfischköpfe und -hinterhälften, Bern 2006 p. 33, nr. 79, pl. 5 

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 82, nr. 60 

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 7, nr. 79 

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cn type 11429, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11429 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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