Stater

Features

Issuer Kyzikos (Mysia)
Period City administration (600 BC - 1 AD)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 550 BC - 450 BC
Value Electrum Stater (1)
Currency Electrum Stater (600-330BC)
Composition Electrum
Weight 15.92 g
Diameter 17.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered, incuse
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
127574
References Greenwell# 9,
William Greenwell; 1887. The electrum coinage of Cyzicus. Rollin and Feuardent​, London, United Kingdom.
Von Fritze# 110,
Hans von Fritze, Hugo Gaebler; 1907. Nomisma / Band 1 : Untersuchung auf dem Gebiete der Antiken Münzkunde. Mayer & Müller, Berlin, Germany.
And 11 more volumes.
BostonMFA# 1486,
Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
SNG France# 251
Edoardo Levante; 1993. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France / Volume 2. Bibliothèque nationale de France: Cilicie. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France.
And 6 more volumes.

Obverse

Nude youth, holding a tunny by its tail in extended right hand, riding a dolphin towards left. Below a tunny facing left.

Reverse

Quadripartite incuse square.

Mint

Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Stater
Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 133
Lot 104
Internet Archive
21 Nov 2022 XF USD 15 517.73
(CHF 14 000.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Stater
Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 120
Lot 385
Internet Archive
6 Oct 2020 VF USD 11 084.09
(CHF 10 000.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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