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cn type 21558

Mint
Kyzikos 🔍
Region: Mysia
Date
c. 390-341/340 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
ΚΥ-エΙ
Design
Lion head left with wide open mouth and tongue hanging out. Below, a tunny left.
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Symbol
kantharos (position: at the bottom right)
Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍
Material
silver  🔍
Diameter
Max: 25.5 mm / Min: 23 mm
Average Weight
15 g (4x)
Axes
2 (1x)
Public Commentary
H. von Fritze (1914) - Group III
Citation
Fritze, Die Silberprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, 1914 p. 42, nr. 23  (Group III) 
Literature
Ashton et al., The Pixodarus Hoard (CH 9.421), 2002 p. 167-171  
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cn type 21558, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21558 [Last downloaded: 2024/11/07]
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