cn type 11608
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cn type 11608

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 475-410 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Lion standing left and biting a sword. Below, a tunny right.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 20 mm / Min: 10 mm
Average Weight
2.61 g (1x)
Public Commentary

H. von Fritze (1912) - Gruppe III

Citation

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 105, nr. 108 

Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines II.2, Paris 1910 p. 1449, nr. 2754, pl. 176, pic. 33 

Touratsoglou, Mint of Kyzikos. The electrum production. Iconographic Study 34, 2016 p. 29, nr. 118 

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 13, nr. 177, pl. 5, pic. 25  (Group III) 

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cn type 11608, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11608 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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