Kyzikos, Hemihekte (CN type 19452)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 550-475 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaHemihekte in electrum struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 550-475 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19452. Obverse: Head of a billy goat left. In the right field a diagonal upwards tunny (back outwards). Reverse: Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- electrum
- Denomination
- Hemihekte
- Recorded diameter
- 7.2 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.27 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of a billy goat left. In the right field a diagonal upwards tunny (back outwards).
- Reverse type
- Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Identification
- Period
- Archaic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19452
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19452
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. 5, nr. 49, pl. 1, pic. 50
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 187, pl. 12, pic. 187
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution