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Stater
| Issuer | Kyzikos |
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| Year | 550 BC - 450 BC |
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| Weight | 16.09 g |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing left, wearing a Corinthian helmet with a prominent crest; positioned to the right of the head, a tunny fish oriented diagonally with its head pointing downward to the left, serving as the civic badge of Kyzikos. The relief is rendered in the archaic Greek artistic style, with bold, stylized facial features characteristic of the late sixth to early fifth century BC. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, as typical of early electrum coinage from the region. |
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| Reverse description | Quadripartite incuse square formed by two intersecting grooves dividing the reverse into four recessed compartments of roughly equal size, alternating between deeper and shallower depressions in a windmill or skew pattern. This standard reverse type is characteristic of early Greek electrum coinage and was produced by a four-part punch driven into the blank to secure the coin during striking. The flan edges are irregular and show the typical undulating outline of a hand-struck electrum planchet. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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