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cn type 12532

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 550-475 BC

Archaic/Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Bull standing left on a tunny left.
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Reverse
Design
Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
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Metrology
Denomination
Material
electrum 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 21 mm / Min: 17.3 mm
Average Weight
15.95 g (7x)
Public Commentary

H. von Fritze (1912) - Group IIc

Citation

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 109, nr. 121 

Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines II.2, Paris 1910 p. 1451, nr. 2765, pl. 177, pic. 2 

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 8, nr. 88, pl. 3, pic. 7  (Group IIb/c) 

Touratsoglou, Mint of Kyzikos. The electrum production. Iconographic Study 34, 2016 p. 19, nr. 36 

Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 222-223, pl. 13, pic. 222-223 

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cn type 12532, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/12532 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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