cn type 21565

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

thyrsus (position: on the right)

Metrology

Denomination

tetradrachm 🔍 ❐

Material

silver  🔍 ❐

Average Weight

14.77 g (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)  ❐

Ashton et al., The Pixodarus Hoard (CH 9.421), 2002 p. 167, nr. 4, pl. 22  ❐

Franke, Sylloge nummorum graecorum Deutschland. Heft 16: Sammlung v. Aulock. Nachträge II. Mysien 7191-7531, Troas 7532-7666, Aeolis 7667-7709, Lesbos 7710-7758, Berlin 1967 nr. 7340  ❐

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