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cn type 20215

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 390-341/340 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΣΩΤΕΙΡΑ
Design
Head of Kore Soteira left with her hair tied up in a shawl (sakkos), ears of grain, and an earring.
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Reverse
Legend
ΚΥ-エΙ
Design
Lion head left with wide open mouth and tongue hanging out. Below, a tunny left.
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Symbol
corn-ear (position: at the bottom right)
Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 24.4 mm / Min: 21.5 mm
Average Weight
14.91 g (7x)
Axes
2 (1x) 4 (1x) 5 (1x)
Public Commentary

H. von Fritze (1914) - Group III

Citation

Fritze, Die Silberprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1914 p. 42, nr. 23, pl. 5, pic. 29  (Group III)  ❐

Literature

Ashton et al., The Pixodarus Hoard (CH 9.421), 2002 p. 167-171 ❐

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cn type 20215, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/20215 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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