Kyzikos, hekte (CN type 24563)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 550-460 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Mysiahekte in electrum struck at Kyzikos in Mysia dated ca. 550-460 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 24563. Obverse: Nude, clean-shaven warrior with Corinthian helmet crouching left. He holds a trumpet to his mouth in his right hand, and in his lowered left hand is a sheathed sword. Below, a tunny left. Reverse: Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- electrum
- Denomination
- hekte
- Recorded diameter
- 12 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.65 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Nude, clean-shaven warrior with Corinthian helmet crouching left. He holds a trumpet to his mouth in his right hand, and in his lowered left hand is a sheathed sword. Below, a tunny left.
- Reverse type
- Incuse square of mill-sail pattern.
Identification
- Period
- Archaic/Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/24563
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 24563
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