MK-B | Kyzikos ca. 460-400 v. Chr.

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Kyzikos ca. 460-400 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault
Obverse	Herakles im Kampf mit dem nemeischen Löwen. Herakles kniet nach r. und hat den Löwen am Hals gepackt. Unten ein Thunfisch.
Reverse	Vertieftes, viergeteiltes Quadrat (Quadratum incusum).
Class/status	City
Date	ca. 460-400 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 ; 16,04 g; 17-20 mm
Production	struck
Mint	Cyzicus
Region	Mysia
Country	Turkey
Publications	W. Greenwell, The Electrum Coinage of Cyzicus (1887) 86 Nr. 69; H. von Fritze, Die Elektronprägung von Kyzikos. Eine chronologische Studie, Nomisma 7, 1912, 12 Gruppe 3 Nr. 161 (460-400 v. Chr.).
Web Portals	https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/coins/19930
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1906 Löbbecke
previous Owner	Arthur Löbbecke - 1906
Object number	18265539
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godparenthood	Carl-Ludwig Thiele Certificate (PDF)