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Kyzikos, tetradrachm (CN type 20189)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

ca. 300-250 v. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

tetradrachm in silver struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 300-250 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20189. Obverse: Head of Kore Soteira left with her hair tied up in a shawl (sakkos), ears of grain, and an earring; below the neck a tunny left. Reverse: Apollo with laurel wreath sitting left on the omphalos covered with woolen bandages and standing on a base, turning his naked torso forward; in his outstretched right hand a patera or plectrum, his left arm resting on a cithara.

Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Denomination
tetradrachm
Recorded diameter
23 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
13.2 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Kyzikos
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Weight standard
reduced Rhodian

Design

Obverse type
Head of Kore Soteira left with her hair tied up in a shawl (sakkos), ears of grain, and an earring; below the neck a tunny left.
Reverse type
Apollo with laurel wreath sitting left on the omphalos covered with woolen bandages and standing on a base, turning his naked torso forward; in his outstretched right hand a patera or plectrum, his left arm resting on a cithara.
Obverse legend
ΣΩΤΕΙΡΑ
Reverse legend
ΚΥ-エΙ

Identification

Period
Hellenistic Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20189
Type corpus identifier
CN type 20189

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