Kyzikos, hekte (CN type 12109)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 550-475 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Mysiahekte in electrum struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 550-475 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12109. Obverse: Upper body of a winged woman, holding a tunny by the tail in her outstretched right hand and a flower in her left hand, raised to the chin. Reverse: Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- electrum
- Denomination
- hekte
- Recorded diameter
- 8.6–11.6 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.38 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Upper body of a winged woman, holding a tunny by the tail in her outstretched right hand and a flower in her left hand, raised to the chin.
- Reverse type
- Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Identification
- Period
- Archaic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12109
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12109
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
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 7, nr. 74, pl. 2, pic. 29
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution