Stater

Kyzikos, positioned on the Propontis shore, became one of the ancient world's dominant financial hubs partly because of its reliable access to electrum from regional sources and its aggressive minting program that supplied coinage across Greek trade networks from the Black Sea to the Aegean. The Kyzikenoi stater was so trusted as a trading instrument that it circulated well outside its home region, appearing in hoards from the Crimea to Egypt.

Von Fritze's classification remains the essential reference, though the tuna fish — a civic badge tied to the city's fishing economy — appears consistently as the reverse type across the series as a guarantor of authenticity.