Kyzikos, Hemihekte (CN type 13021)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 475-410 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaHemihekte in electrum struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 475-410 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 13021. Obverse: Wreathed Dionysus resting left on a seat covered with a panther skin, wearing a hip cloak and holding a vessel (kantharos) in his outstretched right hand. Below, a tunny. Reverse: Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- electrum
- Denomination
- Hemihekte
- Recorded diameter
- 8.2–8.9 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Wreathed Dionysus resting left on a seat covered with a panther skin, wearing a hip cloak and holding a vessel (kantharos) in his outstretched right hand. Below, a tunny.
- Reverse type
- Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/13021
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 13021
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 12, nr. 155, pl. 5, pic. 3
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution