Kyzikos, stater (CN type 12401)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 410-330 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Mysiastater in electrum struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 410-330 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12401. Obverse: Head of Hermes left wearing broad petasos with a raised protrusion in the middle above a tunny left; in front of his neck, the upper end of the caduceus left. Reverse: Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- electrum
- Denomination
- stater
- Recorded diameter
- 17.2–22.7 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.99 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Hermes left wearing broad petasos with a raised protrusion in the middle above a tunny left; in front of his neck, the upper end of the caduceus left.
- Reverse type
- Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12401
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12401
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. 14, nr. 189, pl. 6, pic. 1
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 328, pl. 16, pic. 328
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution