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Stater
| Issuer | Kyzikos (Mysia) |
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| Year | 450 BC - 400 BC |
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| Currency | Phocaean stater |
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| Obverse description | Silenos kneeling to right, depicted with characteristic horse's ear and tail, cradling a large amphora in his left arm and steadying it between his left leg and head as he pours wine into a kantharos held in his outstretched right hand. The figure is rendered in the fine archaic style characteristic of Kyzikene coinage, with careful attention to musculature and drapery detail. A tunny fish, the civic emblem of Kyzikos, appears in the lower field beneath the figure. The entire composition is set against the plain electrum field with no legend or inscription. |
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| Reverse description | Quadripartite incuse square of mill-sail (windmill) type, divided into four recessed rectangular compartments of alternating depth by two intersecting raised ridges, creating a bold geometric pattern characteristic of archaic Greek coinage from Kyzikos. The incuse is deeply struck and well-centered on the irregular flan, with the four quadrants showing the characteristic rough, granular surface typical of hammered electrum staters of this period. No inscription or secondary device is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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