cn type 11590
cn type 11590-0
cn type 11590-1
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cn type 11590

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 340-300 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
Legend reverse ΚΥエΙΚΗΝΩΝ
Design
Lion head left with wide open mouth and tongue hanging out. Below, a tunny left.
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Symbol
shell (position: on the right)
Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 25 mm / Min: 21 mm
Average Weight
14.87 g (3x)
Axes
3 (1x) 4 (2x)
Public Commentary

H. von Fritze (1914) - Group IV

Citation

Fritze, Die Silberprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1914 p. 45, nr. 24, pl. 5, pic. 35-40  (Group IV)  ❐

Wroth, A catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins of Troas, Aeolis and Lesbos, Bologna 1964 p. 36, nr. 134, pl. 9, pic. 14  ❐

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cn type 11590, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/11590 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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