Kyzikos, Hemihekte (CN type 21184)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 575-500 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaHemihekte in electrum struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 575-500 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21184. Obverse: Tunny head right, below a tunny left. Underneath, the rear half of a fish swimming right. Reverse: Incuse square, quartered by two lines.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- electrum
- Denomination
- Hemihekte
- Recorded diameter
- 8 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.31 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Tunny head right, below a tunny left. Underneath, the rear half of a fish swimming right.
- Reverse type
- Incuse square, quartered by two lines.
Identification
- Period
- Archaic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21184
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21184
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. 4, nr. 30
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 123, nr. 162
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 13, nr. 33.2, pl. 2
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution