Kyzikos, stater (CN type 12150)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 550-475 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Mysiastater in electrum struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 550-475 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12150. Obverse: Head of a young man on discus left. Below, a tunny left. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- electrum
- Denomination
- stater
- Recorded diameter
- 13.6–22.1 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.95 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of a young man on discus left. Below, a tunny left.
- Reverse type
- Quadripartite incuse square.
Identification
- Period
- Archaic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12150
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12150
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. 90, nr. 77
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 8, nr. 105, pl. 3, pic. 24
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 20, nr. 52
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 165, nr. 280, pl. 6, pic. 36
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution