Stater

Kyzikos, positioned on the southern shore of the Propontis, controlled access between the Aegean and Black Sea trade routes, and its electrum staters functioned as a de facto international trade currency across the Greek world for roughly two centuries. The city's issues are distinguished by the consistent incorporation of a tunny fish — the foundation of Kyzikene commercial wealth — into every type, allowing attribution even when the primary device changes completely from issue to issue.

The electrum itself was not locally sourced but imported, likely from Lydian or Pontic suppliers. Von Fritze's classification of this type places it in the transitional phase between archaic and early classical fabric.