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Stater
| Issuer | Kyzikos (Mysia) |
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| Year | 450 BC - 400 BC |
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| Weight | 16.03 g |
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| Obverse description | Herakles depicted nude, kneeling in the canonical pose to left, his right arm raised over the shoulder bearing a club and his left hand grasping a horn (rhyton); a tunny fish, the civic badge of Kyzikos, is placed in the field behind the figure. The relief is bold and crisply rendered in the archaic-to-classical style characteristic of Kyzikene electrum coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Quadripartite incuse square with four recessed compartments divided by raised intersecting bands, a hallmark of early struck coinage; the incuse is deep and well-defined, typical of fifth-century Kyzikene electrum staters. The field within each quadrant shows a granular texture resulting from the hammered striking technique. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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