Kyzikos, bronze (CN type 21313)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 3. Jh. v. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 3. Jh. v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21313. Obverse: Head of Kore Soteira right with ears of grain, earring and necklace; hair tied up in a shawl. Reverse: Bucranium within a wreath of corn.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 26.9–28 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 14.35 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Kore Soteira right with ears of grain, earring and necklace; hair tied up in a shawl.
- Reverse type
- Bucranium within a wreath of corn.
- Reverse legend
- ΚΥΖΙ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21313
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21313
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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. 3, nr. 13
Research required
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