Cyzicos

2 Staters

Lead

Cast

Square

3.70 cm

3.60 cm

0.30 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
39.80	-	-	Tekin 2013a	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Tuna fish	Relief	RIGHT

Worn

Tekin 2013a: This square lead weight weighs 39.80 g and measures 37 x 36 x 3 mm. On the obverse, there is a tuna fish to right between ΚΥΖΙ (above) and ΔΙΣΤ (below) which stands for distater. As the denominational abbreviation shows, it is a distater and its mass of 39.80 g corresponds to the denomination. The weight of a lead distater previously published is c. 40 g and there are also two bronze distaters of 29.85 g and 45.20 g respectively. The distater presented here is different from the previous ones epigraphically. In the known examples cited above there is a lunar sigma (C) while in this example there is a four-barred (Σ). The reverse is flat and blank; worn.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination, Mint

Κυζ(ικηνῶν) | διστ(άτηρον)

GREEK

FROM -400 TO -1

Tekin 2013a: Dated to the Hellenistic Period.

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Bandırma Archaeological Museum	Dec. 31, 2004	973

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Tekin 2013a	622;626	5	5a–5b	None
Tekin 2016a	77;190	82	pl. 16/fig.121	None
Killen 2017a	226	Kyzi I b 23	None	None