cn type 11579
cn type 11579-0
cn type 11579-1
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cn type 11579

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 525-500 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Rooster protome right grasping with its beak the lower jaw of a tunny with the spine upwards.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
hekte 🔍  
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
10 mm (1x)
Average Weight
2.72 g (1x)
Citation

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 3, nr. 20, pl. 1, pic. 21  ❐

Mani Hurter and Liewald, Neue Münztypen der Kyzikener Elektronprägung, 2002 p. 38, nr. M, pl. 5  ❐

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cn type 11579, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11579 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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