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| Issuer | Kyzikos |
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| Year | 500 BC - 450 BC |
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| Currency | Electrum Stater (600-330BC) |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a tunny fish-finned lion or forepart of a lion to left, rendered in bold archaic relief with carefully detailed mane indicated by incised lines; a tunny fish appears beneath, serving as the civic badge of Kyzikos. The design fills the irregular flan in the characteristic Kyzikene style, with the figure executed in high relief against a plain field. The artistic treatment reflects the refined archaic craftsmanship associated with Kyzikene electrum coinage of the early fifth century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Kyzikos |
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