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cn type 12100

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 550-475 BC

Archaic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Winged sphinx with a lotus tendril ending in two spirals on the crown of the head lying left, the right paw raised slightly. Below, a tunny left.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
stater 🔍  
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 20.2 mm / Min: 20 mm
Average Weight
16.21 g (1x)
Public Commentary

H. von Fritze (1912) - Gruppe IIa

Citation

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 101, nr. 100  ❐

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 6, nr. 72, pl. 2, pic. 25  (Group IIa)  ❐

Touratsoglou, Mint of Kyzikos. The electrum production. Iconographic Study 34, 2016 p. 18, nr. 25  ❐

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cn type 12100, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/12100 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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