Mysia (Kyzikos-ancient Greco-Turkey) stater (Electrum) 500-475 BC 

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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5769467
Area
Coins
Title
Mysia (Kyzikos-ancient Greco-Turkey) stater (Electrum) 500-475 BC
Country
Greece (ancient), Mysia
Face value
Stater
Year
-485
Variety / overstrike
Era
Ancient Greece - Hellenistic Period (323-146 B.C.)
Head of State
Type
Coin
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Gold (Au), Silver (Ag)
Gold- or silver content
Weight
16
Diameter
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
( Goat head & Tuna )
Reverse
( Quadripartite incuse square )
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
Von Fritze I 48, Rosen 438, Dewing 2164
Details
Electrum (EL) is a gold alloy, with at least 20% silver. Mysia was a region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor or Anatolia (part of modern Turkey). It was located on the south coast of the Sea of Marmara. It was bounded by Bithynia on the east, Phrygia on the southeast, Lydia on the south, Aeolis on the southwest, Troad on the west and by the Propontis on the north. In ancient times it was inhabited by the Mysians, Phrygians, Aeolian Greeks, and others.