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cn type 11456

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 550-475 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Nude, clean-shaven warrior with Corinthian helmet crouching left. He holds a trumpet to his mouth in his right hand, and in his lowered left hand is a sheathed sword. Below, a tunny left.
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Reverse
Design
Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
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Metrology
Denomination
stater 🔍  
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
20 mm (1x)
Average Weight
16.01 g (1x)
Public Commentary

H. von Fritze (1912) - Gruppe IIb/c

Citation

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 99, nr. 96, pl. 4, pic. 22  ❐

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 9, nr. 115, pl. 4, pic. 1  ❐

Regling, Die antike Münze als Kunstwerk, Berlin 1924 p. 128, nr. 290, pl. 13  ❐

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cn type 11456, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11456 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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