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cn type 11500

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Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 600-550 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Bird with closed wings right. Above and below, a tunny right.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square; the area of the partial squares is different in height, the treatment rough.
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Metrology
Denomination
Hemihekte 🔍  
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
7 mm (1x)
Average Weight
1.32 g (1x)
Public Commentary

H. von Fritze (1912) - Gruppe I

Citation

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 120, nr. 154  ❐

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 3, nr. 21, pl. 1, pic. 22  (Group I; Hekte illustrated)  ❐

Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 172, pl. 11, pic. 172  ❐

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cn type 11500, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11500 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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