Stater

Features

Issuer Kyzikos (Mysia)
Period City administration (600 BC - 1 AD)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 450 BC - 333 BC
Value Electrum Stater (1)
Currency Electrum Stater (600-330BC)
Composition Electrum
Weight 15.95 g
Diameter 17.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered, incuse
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
127585
References Greenwell# 91,
William Greenwell; 1887. The electrum coinage of Cyzicus. Rollin and Feuardent​, London, United Kingdom.
Von Fritze# 119,
Hans von Fritze, Hugo Gaebler; 1907. Nomisma / Band 1 : Untersuchung auf dem Gebiete der Antiken Münzkunde. Mayer & Müller, Berlin, Germany.
And 11 more volumes.
SNG France# 265
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

Hoplite, nude but for Corinthian helmet, shield on left arm, right arm extended foreward, standing in a semi-crouched stance facing right and under him a ground line. Tunny on his right and facing downwards.

Reverse

Quadripartite incuse square.

Mint

Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (450 BC - 333 BC) 

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