Cyzicos

3 Staters

Lead

Cast

Square

4.80 cm

4.50 cm

0.50 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
73.10	-	-	Tekin 2013b	No	No	No
73.00	-	April 17, 2018	L. Delanaye	No	No	Yes
73.30	-	Dec. 31, 1912	Svoronos 1911-1912	No	No	No

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Torch	Relief	LEFT

Heavily worn

Corroded

Square lead weight (concave), very worn and corroded. It is damaged on the left, a part in the middle is missing ; slightly rounded corners. The reverse is blank (convex). A torch stands between the ethnic (KYZI) and the denomination (ΤΡΙΣ) (to the left).
Tekin 2013b: Almost square weight of lead measuring 48 x 44 x 4 mm and weighing 73.1 g; worn and corroded; the left edge is much worn, partly missing. On the obverse is a torch to left; above, ΚΥΖΙ(κηνών); below, ΤΡΙΣ(τάτηρον); all in relief. It is a three-stater in unit (stater of 24.36 g). Due to a depression, the obverse is concave, the reverse is convex and blank.
Svornos 1911-1912: In the center, rhodium ? Good state of preservation.

Yes

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination, Mint

ΚΥΖΙ

ΤΡΙΣ

Κυζι(κηνῶν) | τρισ(τάτηρον).

GREEK

FROM -400 TO -1

Tekin 2013b: May be dated to the 4th-1st centuries B.C. But we have to consider that some weights of Cyzicus may be dated to the Roman Imperial Period, at least to the A.D. 1st century.

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Archaeological Society of Athens	March 15, 1882	Pb. 2105
Numismatic Museum (Athens)	Dec. 31, 1912	1911–1912, ΛΘ´, 547
National Archaeological Museum (Athens)	None	8640

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Tekin 2013b	167–168	3	3	None
Tekin 2016a	74, 188	46	pl. 14/107	None
Killen 2017a	228	Kyzi II b 7	None	None