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Hekte
| Issuer | Kyzikos |
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| Year | 500 BC - 450 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Obverse depicts a naked male figure, rendered in the archaic Greek style, kneeling in a dynamic crouching pose facing right, engaged in what appears to be a wrestling or combative action. The muscular body is finely modelled in high relief with naturalistic anatomical detail characteristic of early Classical Greek coinage. The figure is set within a plain field against the smooth electrum flan, with no surrounding legend or inscription. The composition fills the flan to near its edges, emphasizing the vigor and movement of the scene. A tunny fish, the civic badge of Kyzikos, is visible in the lower field, a standard device on Kyzikene hektai. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse features a quadripartite incuse square divided into four rectangular compartments of alternating raised and sunken relief, forming a windmill or mill-sail pattern typical of early Greek coinage struck by the incuse punch technique. The incuse is deeply impressed with slightly irregular edges consistent with hand-struck hammered coinage of the archaic period. The surface within the quadrants shows a rough granular texture from the anvil die. There are no legends, symbols, or additional devices present. This standard reverse type is characteristic of Kyzikene electrum hektai throughout the sixth and fifth centuries BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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