Kyzikos, Hemihekte (CN type 22900)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 550-460 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaHemihekte in electrum struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 550-460 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22900. Obverse: Nude male figure with dolphin head (Apollo Delphinios?) flying left. In his outstretched right hand he holds a tunny. Reverse: Incuse square, quartered by two lines.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- electrum
- Denomination
- Hemihekte
- Recorded diameter
- 7–8 mm (from 6 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.33 g (mean of 7 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Nude male figure with dolphin head (Apollo Delphinios?) flying left. In his outstretched right hand he holds a tunny.
- Reverse type
- Incuse square, quartered by two lines.
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22900
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22900
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. 126, nr. 57, pl. 3
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 145, nr. 699, pl. 198
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 33, nr. 79, pl. 5
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 82, nr. 60
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 7, nr. 79
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution