Kyzikos, hekte (CN type 19455)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 600-550 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Mysiahekte in electrum struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 600-550 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19455. Obverse: Tuna to the right, above close to the tail a lotus flower, below tuna head with spine to the right. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square; the area of the partial squares is different in height, the treatment rough.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- electrum
- Denomination
- hekte
- Recorded diameter
- 10.2 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.68 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Tuna to the right, above close to the tail a lotus flower, below tuna head with spine to the right.
- Reverse type
- Quadripartite incuse square; the area of the partial squares is different in height, the treatment rough.
Identification
- Period
- Archaic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19455
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19455
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 bibliographynr. 29.1
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 3, nr. 13, pl. 1, pic. 13
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 170, pl. 11, pic. 170
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution