Kyzikos, 1/3 Siglos (CN type 22717)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 525-475 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Mysia1/3 Siglos in silver struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 525-475 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22717. 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
- 1/3 Siglos
- Recorded diameter
- 10 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.49 g (mean of 1 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/22717
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22717
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
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution