Kyzikos, bronze (CN type 21319)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 300-200 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 300-200 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21319. Obverse: Head of Athena right wearing a Corinthian helmet with panache and rightwards-coiling snake, her hair gathered at the nape. Reverse: Bird with closed wings standing right atop a bucranium, all within an oak wreath bound at the bottom.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 21 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.09 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Athena right wearing a Corinthian helmet with panache and rightwards-coiling snake, her hair gathered at the nape.
- Reverse type
- Bird with closed wings standing right atop a bucranium, all within an oak wreath bound at the bottom.
- Obverse legend
- ΚΥエΙ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21319
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21319
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. 4, nr. 16
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution