Tetradrachm kantharos
Features
| Issuer |
Kyzikos
(Mysia)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 390 BC - 340 BC |
| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
| Currency | Chian-Rhodian drachm |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 14.89 g |
| Diameter | 23 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 446046 |
| References | Von Fritze Silber# 23 Hans von Fritze; 1914. “Die Silberprägung von Kyzikus. Eine chronologische Studie.”, Nomisma, Volume 9, pages 34-56. , BMC Greek# 126 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/) |
Obverse
Head of Kore-Soteira left, wearing barley-wreath, hair caught up in saccos.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΣΩΤΕΙΡΑ
Reverse
Head of a lion to left, with open jaws and protruding tongue; below, tunny fish to left; behind, kantharos.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΚΥ ΞΙ
Mint
Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, TurkeySee also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (390 BC - 340 BC) | 
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$ 5300 | |||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 100
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Examples of the type
© British Museum, EH,p565.1.Cyz
23 mm • 14.71 g • ↑↑ 2h
23 mm • 14.71 g • ↑↑ 2h
BMC Greek (Mysia) 126, p. 36, erroneously described as owl
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Numismatica Ars ClassicaAuction 124 Lot 193 
|
23 Jun 2021 | XF |
USD 5965.67
(CHF 4750.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG | |||||
 |
Gorny & Mosch Auction 195 Lot 207
|
7 Mar 2011 | XF |
USD 3687.36
(EUR 3200.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung | |||||
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