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Kyzikos, stater (CN type 12746)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

ca. 550-475 v. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

stater in electrum struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 550-475 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12746. Obverse: Nude muscular man with hair band (taenia) squatting right with his right leg bent, holding a knife in his lowered right hand and a tunny in his raised left hand. Reverse: Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.

Physical characteristics

Material
electrum
Denomination
stater
Recorded diameter
16.3–19.3 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
16.01 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Kyzikos
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Nude muscular man with hair band (taenia) squatting right with his right leg bent, holding a knife in his lowered right hand and a tunny in his raised left hand.
Reverse type
Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.

Identification

Period
Archaic Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12746
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12746

Documentation checklist

Denomination
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Issue or mint date
Documented
Material
Documented
Weight
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Mint or printer
Documented
Mint or printer mark
Research required
Catalogue reference
Documented
Licensed photograph
Documented

Catalogue references

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