MK-B | Kyzikos ca. 550-460 v. Chr.

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Kyzikos ca. 550-460 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault
Obverse	Ein Widder mit zurückgewandtem Kopf liegt nach l. Darunter ein Thunfisch.
Reverse	Vertieftes, viergeteiltes Quadrat (Quadratum incusum). Innenteilung durch Linienkreuz.
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 550-460 v. Chr. Classical
Denomination	Stater Stater Literally the resp. one unit. Hence designating the main unit within a certain currency of a Greek city or realm. The silver tetradrachm of Athens or the tridrachm of Corinth hence are also the stater within each denominational system. The main meaning though, especially in modern scholarship, is that of a denomination in gold of about 8.6 grams in the Attic standard.
	Electrum ; 16,07 g; 18-21 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Cyzicus
Region	Mysia
Country	Turkey
Publications	W. Greenwell, The Electrum Coinage of Cyzicus (1887) 113 Nr. 131 (dieses Stück erwähnt, Besitz Lambros 1885); H. von Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, Nomisma 7, 1912, 5 Gruppe 2 Nr. 47 Taf. 1, 48 (dieses Stück, 550-460 v. Chr.); A. Baldwin Brett, Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Catalogue of Greek coins (1955) 188 Nr. 1419.
Web Portals	https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/coins/19905
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1900 Imhoof-Blumer
Vendor (to Museum)	Paulos Ioannes Lambros
previous Owner	Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer 1887 - 1900
Object number	18265363
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godparenthood	Carl-Ludwig Thiele