Kyzikos, hekte (CN type 12743)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 550-475 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Mysiahekte in electrum struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 550-475 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12743. Obverse: Nude warrior squatting left with his left leg bent. On his right hand rests a Corinthian helmet, and in his backward-facing left hand he holds a short sword. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- electrum
- Denomination
- hekte
- Recorded diameter
- 12.3 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.7 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Nude warrior squatting left with his left leg bent. On his right hand rests a Corinthian helmet, and in his backward-facing left hand he holds a short sword.
- Reverse type
- Quadripartite incuse square.
Identification
- Period
- Archaic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12743
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12743
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. 96, nr. 90
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 9, nr. 114, pl. 3, pic. 34
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 21, nr. 58
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution