Stater

Kyzikos, situated on the Propontis in Mysia, built its commercial dominance largely on the back of these electrum staters, which circulated as a trusted international currency across the Greek world for roughly two centuries. The city controlled access to local electrum sources and maintained rigorous weight standards, which is precisely why Kyzikene staters appear in hoards from Egypt to the Black Sea coast — merchants trusted them implicitly in a way they trusted few other regional coinages.

Each die was used only briefly, producing a staggering variety of reverse types across the series. Von Fritze catalogued well over a hundred distinct types, and new specimens still surface that fall outside existing references.