Kyzikos, electrum (CN type 12111)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 550-475 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in electrum struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 550-475 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12111. Obverse: Lion with open mouth raised right forepaw sitting left atop a tunny left. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- electrum
- Recorded diameter
- 12 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Lion with open mouth raised right forepaw sitting left atop a tunny left.
- Reverse type
- Quadripartite incuse square.
Identification
- Period
- Archaic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12111
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12111
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 7, nr. 85, pl. 3, pic. 4
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 103, nr. 105
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 18, nr. 33
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution