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Hekte
| Issuer | Kyzikos (Mysia) |
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| Year | 430 BC - 410 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Two eagles standing confronted atop an ornamented omphalos, their bodies rendered in profile with wings folded; below the omphalos, a tunny fish swimming to the right serves as the Kyzikene mint mark. The composition is executed in fine archaic Greek style, with careful attention to the naturalistic rendering of the birds and the decorative detailing of the sacred stone. The tunny fish, emblematic of Kyzikos and the Black Sea trade, anchors the design in the lower field. |
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| Reverse description | A bold quadripartite incuse square dominates the reverse, divided by raised ridges into four recessed rectangular compartments of alternating smooth and granular texture, a characteristic feature of early electrum coinage struck by the hammer technique. The incuse pattern fills virtually the entire reverse surface, with each quadrant exhibiting the irregular granularity typical of archaic Kyzikene hektes. No legend or additional devices are present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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