cn type 11256

Mint

Kyzikos 🔍 ❐
Region: Mysia ❐

Date

c. 550-475 BC
Archaic/Classical Period  🔍

Obverse

Design

Winged griffin with an open beak and raised right forepaw standing left atop tunny left.
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Reverse

Design

Quadripartite incuse square.
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Metrology

Denomination

stater 🔍 ❐

Material

electrum  🔍 ❐

Diameter

Max: 23 mm / Min: 14.4 mm

Average Weight

15.97 g (7x)

Public Commentary

H. von Fritze (1912) - Gruppe IIb/c

Citation

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 8, nr. 99, pl. 3, pic. 19  (Group IIb/c)  ❐

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 117, nr. 143, pl. 6, pic. 5  ❐

Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 239-240, pl. 13, pic. 239-240  ❐

Literature

Bosch and Kraft, Sylloge nummorum graecorum Deutschland. Heft 4: Sammlung v. Aulock. Mysien, 1050-1438, Berlin 1957 nr. 1195, annot. Hekte  ❐

Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942 nr. 42, annot. Hekte  ❐

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