cn type 11280

Mint

Kyzikos 🔍 ❐
Region: Mysia ❐

Date

c. 550-475 BC
Archaic Period

Obverse

Design

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

Reverse

Design

Quadripartite incuse square.

Metrology

Denomination

hekta 🔍 ❐

Material

electrum ❐

Average Diameter

12 mm / 8 mm

Average Weight

2.59 g (1x)

Citation

Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 117, nr. 143 ❐

Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 8, nr. 99 ❐

Touratsoglou, Mint of Kyzikos. The electrum production. Iconographic Study 34, 2016 p. 20, nr. 46 ❐

Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines. T. I, P. 2: Description historique, Paris 1907 p. 173, nr. 302, pl. 7, pic. 18 ❐

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