Kyzikos, tetradrachm (CN type 20244)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 179-170 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Mysiatetradrachm in silver struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 179-170 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20244. Obverse: Head of Kore right with long hair and oak wreath. Reverse: City ethnic above and below a burning torch, the flame pointing left; all within an oak wreath bound at the bottom.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Recorded diameter
- 35 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.24 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Euboic /Attic
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Kore right with long hair and oak wreath.
- Reverse type
- City ethnic above and below a burning torch, the flame pointing left; all within an oak wreath bound at the bottom.
- Reverse legend
- ΚΥエΙ/ΚΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Recorded findspots
- Babylon
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20244
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20244
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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