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Hekte
| Issuer | Kyzikos |
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| Year | 450 BC - 330 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Facing right bust of Attis, the Phrygian deity, wearing a characteristic Phrygian cap (pilos), rendered in fine archaic relief. Below the principal device, a tunny fish (thunnus) swims to the right, serving as the civic badge of Kyzikos and a constant type on the city's electrum coinage. The modeling is crisp and confident, consistent with the high standard of Kyzikene die-cutting during the classical period. The field is plain, with no legend or subsidiary inscription. |
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| Reverse description | Quadripartite incuse square of mill-sail (swastika-like) form, divided by raised bands into four recessed rectangular compartments, each exhibiting a roughly granular surface texture characteristic of hammered electrum coinage. The incuse design is deeply struck and centrally placed on the irregular flan, with no inscription or additional device. This reverse type is standard to the electrum hekte coinage of Kyzikos throughout the classical period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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