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Hekte
| Issuer | Kyzikos |
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| Year | 550 BC - 500 BC |
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| Weight | 2.63 g |
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| Obverse description | Bearded head of Poseidon facing left, helmeted with a crested sea-monster head forming the helmet bowl, rendered in archaic Greek style with bold, stylized facial features. A tunny fish (Thunnus thynnus), the civic emblem of Kyzikos, is depicted to the right in the lower field beneath the portrait. The relief is high and the execution vigorous, consistent with the finest Kyzikene electrum coinage of the archaic period. The flan is irregularly round, typical of hammered electrum issues of this era. |
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| Reverse description | Quadripartite incuse square dominating the reverse field, formed by two perpendicular grooves intersecting at right angles and creating four recessed triangular or rectangular compartments of alternating raised and sunken relief, characteristic of the mill-sail or windmill incuse type employed on archaic electrum coinage. The incuse is deeply impressed, with irregular surface texture across the compartments reflecting the hand-struck nature of the issue. No legend or subsidiary devices are present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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