Kyzikos, drachm (CN type 20200)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 390-341/340 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Mysiadrachm in silver struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 390-341/340 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20200. Obverse: Head of Kore Soteira left with her hair tied up in a shawl (sakkos), ears of grain, and an earring. Reverse: Lion head left with wide open mouth and tongue hanging out. Below, a tunny left.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- drachm
- Recorded diameter
- 14.3–16.3 mm (from 13 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.14 g (mean of 11 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Kore Soteira left with her hair tied up in a shawl (sakkos), ears of grain, and an earring.
- Reverse type
- Lion head left with wide open mouth and tongue hanging out. Below, a tunny left.
- Obverse legend
- ΣΩΤΕΙΡΑ
- Reverse legend
- ΚΥ-エΙ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20200
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20200
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. 243, nr. 75
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 42, nr. 23, pl. 5, pic. 26-34
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 167–171
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1221
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 54 f.
Research required
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