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cn type 11516

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 575-500 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Tunny head with spine right. Above and below, tunnies left.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
Hemihekte 🔍  
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 9 mm / Min: 7 mm
Average Weight
1.38 g (7x)
Public Commentary

H. von Fritze (1912) - Gruppe II (550-475 v. Chr.)

Citation

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 123, nr. 166, pl. VI, pic. 30  ❐

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 4, nr. 28, pl. 1, pic. 30  (Group IIa)  ❐

Mani Hurter and Liewald, Die frühesten Typen der Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Thunfische, Thunfischköpfe und -hinterhälften, Bern 2006 p. 10, nr. 13.1, pl. 1  ❐

Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 173, pl. 11  ❐

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cn type 11516, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11516 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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