Kyzikos, Hemihekte (CN type 12110)
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 12110. Obverse: Head of Silenus facing with blunt nose, horse ears, beaded hair falling into the forehead and ending in ringlets, moustache and long, beaded full beard; to either side an upwards tunny. Reverse: Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- electrum
- Denomination
- Hemihekte
- Recorded diameter
- 9.5–10 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
- Head of Silenus facing with blunt nose, horse ears, beaded hair falling into the forehead and ending in ringlets, moustache and long, beaded full beard; to either side an upwards tunny.
- Reverse type
- Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Identification
- Period
- Archaic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12110
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12110
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. 77, pl. 2, pic. 32
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution