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Trihemiobol
| Issuer | Kyzikos |
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| Year | 600 BC - 500 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a boar advancing to the left in archaic style, rendered in low relief on an irregular flan typical of early Kyzikene coinage. The animal's musculature is summarily but forcefully indicated, consistent with the Archaic Greek artistic tradition of the late 6th century BC. The field is uneven and lightly granular, reflecting the hand-hammered production technique. No legend or inscription appears on this face. The design fills the available flan without a defined border. |
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| Reverse description | Incuse square punch of irregular quadripartite form, characteristic of early Greek coinage of the Archaic period, struck deeply into the flan. The incuse depression is divided by raised ridges forming a roughly rectangular compartmented pattern, consistent with the mill-sail or quadripartite incuse type associated with Kyzikene fractional silver coinage. The surface within the incuse retains granular texture from the hammering process. No legend or subsidiary device is present. The pronounced incuse relief contrasts with the raised obverse type. |
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| Mint | Kyzikos |
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