Kyzikos, Siglos (CN type 21604)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 525-475 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaSiglos in silver struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 525-475 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21604. Obverse: Protome of a boar with a high mane jumping left. In the right field, an upwards diagonal tunny . Reverse: Lion head left with wide open mouth, tongue hanging out and a row of dots at the end of the mane; all within incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- Siglos
- Recorded diameter
- 13.5–17 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.88 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Persian
Design
- Obverse type
- Protome of a boar with a high mane jumping left. In the right field, an upwards diagonal tunny .
- Reverse type
- Lion head left with wide open mouth, tongue hanging out and a row of dots at the end of the mane; all within incuse square.
Identification
- Period
- Archaic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21604
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21604
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
- Research required
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 36, nr. 15, pl. 5, pic. 18
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 379
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
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