Kyzikos, Hemihekte (CN type 12393)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 475-410 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaHemihekte in electrum struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 475-410 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12393. Obverse: Lyre (kithara). Below, a tunny to right. Reverse: Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- electrum
- Denomination
- Hemihekte
- Recorded diameter
- 7.5 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.27 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Lyre (kithara). Below, a tunny to right.
- Reverse type
- Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12393
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12393
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 bibliographynr. 80
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 201, nr. 1540, pl. 75
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 265, nr. 958, pl. 56
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 14, nr. 181, pl. 5, pic. 29
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 325, pl. 16, pic. 325
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution