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Hemihekte
| Issuer | Kyzikos |
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| Year | 550 BC - 500 BC |
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| Diameter | 8.0 mm |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a lion advancing to the left in high relief, its head turned frontally as it devours its prey, rendered in the bold archaic style characteristic of early Kyzikene coinage. The musculature and mane are finely detailed with incised striations. To the right of the lion, a tunny fish is depicted upright, serving as the civic badge of Kyzikos and a standard device on its electrum issues. The flan is irregular, with a slightly convex fabric typical of early hammered electrum coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Deep quadripartite incuse square divided into four roughly equal rectangular compartments by a raised cross-shaped ridge, struck in the standard mill-sail or windmill pattern typical of archaic electrum coinage from the Asia Minor region. The incuse impression is bold and irregular, with a granular surface texture visible within the recessed fields, resulting from the primitive punch technique employed by the Kyzikene mint during this period. |
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| Mint | Kyzikos |
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