cn type 11272

Mint

Kyzikos 🔍 ❐
Region: Mysia ❐

Date

c. 550-475 BC
Archaic Period  🔍

Obverse

Design

Lion with ruffled mane, head down, standing left atop a tunny left.

Reverse

Design

Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.

Metrology

Denomination

hekta 🔍 ❐

Material

electrum  🔍 ❐

Diameter

Max: 12.3 mm / Min: 10 mm

Average Weight

2.65 g (7x)

Public Commentary

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

Citation

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 104, nr. 107 ❐

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 7, nr. 83 ❐

Touratsoglou, Mint of Kyzikos. The electrum production. Iconographic Study 34, 2016 p. 18, nr. 30 ❐

Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 212-214, pl. 12, pic. 212-214 ❐

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cn type 11272, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11272 [Last downloaded: 2023/03/31]

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