Kyzikos, stater (CN type 12454)
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 12454. Obverse: Eleutheria in long robe sitting on a base left, leaning forward, her right bent arm resting on her knee. Below, a tunny left. Reverse: Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- electrum
- Denomination
- stater
- Recorded diameter
- 16.4–20.5 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.03 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Eleutheria in long robe sitting on a base left, leaning forward, her right bent arm resting on her knee. Below, a tunny left.
- Reverse type
- Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
- Obverse legend
- ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12454
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12454
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. 312
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 76, nr. 54
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 1423, nr. 2668, pl. 174, pic. 38
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 16, nr. 215, pl. 6, pic. 27
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 37, nr. 172
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 345, pl. 17, pic. 345
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution