Kyzikos, Hemiobol (CN type 19925)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
500-400 v.Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaHemiobol in silver struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated 500-400 v.Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19925. Obverse: Protome of a boar with a high mane jumping left. In the right field, an upwards diagonal tunny . Reverse: Lion head left with wide open mouth, tongue hanging out and a row of dots at the end of the mane; all within incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- Hemiobol
- Recorded diameter
- 5.4–8.8 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 0.31 g (mean of 7 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Protome of a boar with a high mane jumping left. In the right field, an upwards diagonal tunny .
- Reverse type
- Lion head left with wide open mouth, tongue hanging out and a row of dots at the end of the mane; all within incuse square.
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19925
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19925
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. 541-542
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 373-374
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution