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Hemihekte
| Issuer | Kyzikos |
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| Year | 600 BC - 550 BC |
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| Value | Hemihekte (1/2) |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a tunny fish to the right, rendered in bold archaic relief against a plain field. Atop the fish's back, a crouching figure — likely a kneeling youth or animal — is depicted in a highly schematic, archaic style. The entire design is characteristic of the early Kyzikene electrum series, in which the tunny (a civic badge of Kyzikos) serves as the primary type, here combined with a subsidiary device. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Reverse description | Quadripartite incuse square divided into four irregular recessed compartments by raised ridges, a hallmark of early archaic Greek coinage struck by the hammered punch technique. The incuse is deeply impressed and asymmetric, with two of the four sections more deeply sunken than the others, creating a mill-sail or windmill pattern typical of Kyzikene hemihektes of this period. The surface is plain with no legend or additional device. |
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| Mint | Kyzikos (Mysia) |
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