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| Issuer | Kyzikos |
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| Year | 450 BC - 330 BC |
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| Diameter | 9.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | A bearded male figure, nude save for a petasos and a chlamys tied at the neck, crouches left upon the back of a recumbent sacrificial ram also oriented left. With his left hand he grasps and raises the ram's head to expose the throat, while his raised right hand holds a knife poised to deliver the killing stroke. The composition is rendered in high relief in the characteristic Kyzikene artistic style, with no legend or inscription in the field. |
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| Reverse description | Plain quadripartite incuse square, divided into four recessed compartments of roughly equal size by two perpendicular grooves meeting at the centre, with no legend, symbol, or additional device present. The surface of the incuse panels displays the characteristic granular texture resulting from the hammered striking technique. This standard reverse type is typical of Kyzikene electrum coinage throughout the fifth and fourth centuries BC. |
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| Mint | Kyzikos (Mysia) |
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