Kyzikos, stater (CN type 12277)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 475-410 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Mysiastater in electrum struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 475-410 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12277. Obverse: Gorgon head facing slight left with fluttering locks and two snakes each over the forehead and neck, the tongue sticking out of the open mouth; below a tunny left. Reverse: Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- electrum
- Denomination
- stater
- Recorded diameter
- 16.5 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Gorgon head facing slight left with fluttering locks and two snakes each over the forehead and neck, the tongue sticking out of the open mouth; below a tunny left.
- Reverse type
- Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12277
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12277
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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. 11, nr. 144, pl. 4, pic. 31
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