cn type 11438

Mint

Kyzikos 🔍

Region: Mysia

Date

c. 550-475 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse

Design

Nude, clean-shaven warrior in Corinthian helmet with panache kneeling right on his right knee and holding an arrow in both hands, which he is sighting as the bow hangs from his left wrist; in the left field, a downwards tunny.
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Reverse

Design

Quadripartite incuse square.
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Type variations

Metrology

Denomination

stater 🔍

Material

electrum 🔍

Diameter

Max: 22 mm / Min: 15.3 mm

Average Weight

16.01 g (4x)

Public Commentary

H. von Fritze (1912) - Gruppe IIb

Citation

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 98, nr. 93 ❐

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 9, nr. 117, pl. 4, pic. 3 (Group IIb/c) ❐

Literature

Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 263-4, pl. 14, pic. 263-4 ❐

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cn type 11438, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11438 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]