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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 griffin with a prominent pointed wing is depicted in a seated posture facing left, its leonine body rendered in fine archaic relief with carefully engraved feather detailing along the folded wing. The creature rests upon a tunny fish oriented to the left, a distinctive emblematic device characteristic of Kyzikene electrum coinage and symbolic of the city's close association with the sea and the tunny trade. The griffin's head is turned to face left, with an open beak and alert, stylized eye rendered in the archaic Greek artistic tradition. The flan is irregular and convex, typical of early electrum stater production, with the design occupying the full available field. No inscriptions or legends are present on this face. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a quadripartite incuse square of standard archaic type, formed by two intersecting raised ridges dividing the recessed field into four roughly equal rectangular compartments. The incuse pattern is deeply impressed into the convex flan, with each quadrant showing the characteristic rough, granular texture resulting from the hammered striking technique. This reverse type is entirely uninscribed and devoid of subsidiary devices, consistent with the standard reverse treatment employed throughout the extensive series of Kyzikene electrum staters. The bold simplicity of the incuse square contrasts markedly with the elaborate obverse design, and the irregular, cushion-shaped flan is characteristic of this early coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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