Kyzikos, 1/4 Hekte (CN type 12802)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 475-410 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Mysia1/4 Hekte in electrum struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 475-410 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12802. Obverse: Wreathed Zeus crouching right atop a tunny right, holding his right hand high on a sceptre crowned with a palmette, and on his outstretched left hand an eagle right with raised wings. Reverse: Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- electrum
- Denomination
- 1/4 Hekte
- Recorded diameter
- 7.7 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 0.62 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Wreathed Zeus crouching right atop a tunny right, holding his right hand high on a sceptre crowned with a palmette, and on his outstretched left hand an eagle right with raised wings.
- Reverse type
- Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12802
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12802
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. 11, nr. 145, pl. 4, pic. 32
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution