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cn type 11500

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍
Region: Mysia
Date
c. 600-550 BC
Archaic Period  🔍
Obverse
Design
Bird with closed wings right. Above and below, a tunny right.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square; the area of the partial squares is different in height, the treatment rough.
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Metrology
Denomination
Hemihekte 🔍
Material
electrum  🔍
Diameter
7 mm (1x)
Average Weight
1.32 g (1x)
Public Commentary
H. von Fritze (1912) - Gruppe I
Citation
Greenwell, The electrum coinage of Cyzicus, London 1887 p. 120, nr. 154 
Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1912 p. 3, nr. 21, pl. 1, pic. 22  (Group I; Hekte illustrated) 
Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 172, pl. 11, pic. 172 
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cn type 11500, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11500 [Last downloaded: 2026/01/22]
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