Kyzikos, Hemihekte (CN type 12052)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 550-475 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaHemihekte in electrum struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 550-475 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12052. Obverse: Winged bull protome jumping left. Underneath, a diagonal tunny. Reverse: Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- electrum
- Denomination
- Hemihekte
- Recorded diameter
- 8.4–8.5 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.32 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Winged bull protome jumping left. Underneath, a diagonal tunny.
- Reverse type
- Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Identification
- Period
- Archaic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12052
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12052
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Research required
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 110, nr. 125
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 6, nr. 60, pl. 2, pic. 11
Research required
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