Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Obol
| Issuer | Kyzikos |
|---|---|
| Year | 550 BC - 500 BC |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Forepart of an eagle presented in right profile, rendered in archaic Greek style with bold, simplified relief. The bird grasps a tunny fish firmly in its beak, a device emblematic of the coinage of Kyzikos, reflecting the city's close association with the tunny-fishing trade of the Propontis. The design is contained within the irregular flan, with the eagle's plumage suggested by incised lines. The field is plain, with no legend or inscription, consistent with early electrum and silver coinage of the region. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A single rough incuse square dominates the reverse, formed by a single punch strike typical of archaic Greek hammered coinage of the late sixth century BC. The incuse is irregular and asymmetric, consistent with the primitive striking technique of the period, in which a plain punch was driven into the blank to fix it during striking. The interior surface bears natural flow lines and tool marks, with no devices, legends, or decorative elements. The overall appearance is characteristic of the earliest silver fractional coinage of Kyzikos. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |