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Hekte
| Issuer | Kyzikos |
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| Year | 550 BC - 450 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A satyr depicted in kneeling-run posture facing left, rendered in fine archaic style relief. The figure holds a tunny fish by the tail in his raised right hand, a characteristic Kyzikene device emblematic of the city's maritime commerce on the Propontis. The satyr's musculature and posture are rendered with characteristic archaic vitality. No legend or inscription appears in the field. |
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| Reverse description | Quadripartite incuse square of mill-sail type, divided by raised bands into four recessed rectangular compartments of alternating depth, characteristic of early Kyzikene electrum coinage. The incuse pattern is deeply struck and irregular in outline, consistent with early archaic hammered technique. No inscription or subsidiary device appears within the incuse. |
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| Mintage | ND (550 BC - 450 BC) |
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