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cn type 11687

Mint

Kyzikos 🔍

Region: Mysia

Date

c. 575-500 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse

Design

Tunny head with spine right, 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

Max: 9.9 mm / Min: 8 mm

Average Weight

1.30 g (6x)

Public Commentary

H. von Fritze (1912) - Gruppe I

Citation

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 3, nr. 7, pl. 1, pic. 6 (Group I) ❐

Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 166-167, pl. 11, pic. 166-167 ❐

Forrer, The Weber collection: Greek coins, New York 1975 p. 70, nr. 4964, pl. 181, pic. 4964 ❐

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 123, nr. 165 ❐

Mani Hurter and Liewald, Die frühesten Typen der Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Thunfische, Thunfischköpfe und -hinterhälften, Bern 2006 p. 10, nr. 7.2 ❐

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cn type 11687, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11687 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]