Kyzikos, stater (CN type 12317)
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 12317. Obverse: Nike with sphendone, nude torso and raised, pointed wings kneeling left atop a tunny left, holding an aphlaston in the raised right hand, and keeping her left hand in the folds of her garment. Reverse: Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- electrum
- Denomination
- stater
- Recorded diameter
- 15.9–18.7 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.96 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Nike with sphendone, nude torso and raised, pointed wings kneeling left atop a tunny left, holding an aphlaston in the raised right hand, and keeping her left hand in the folds of her garment.
- Reverse type
- Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12317
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12317
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. 12, nr. 154, pl. 5, pic. 2
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 301, pl. 15, pic. 301
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution