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Stater
| Issuer | Kyzikos |
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| Year | 550 BC - 450 BC |
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| Currency | Electrum Stater (600-330BC) |
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| Obverse description | A winged male figure, identified as a youth or genius, kneels in the archaic running posture atop the back of a recumbent bull facing left. The figure wears a helmet or decorated headdress and is rendered in fine relief with careful attention to musculature and wing feathers. The bull is depicted in a naturalistic crouching position with its head turned, displaying strongly modelled haunches and forelegs. A tunny fish, the civic emblem of Kyzikos, appears in the lower field, serving as a mint identifier characteristic of this series. The entire composition is executed in the bold, confident archaic Greek style, set within the irregular flan typical of early electrum coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Kyzikos (Mysia) |
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