Cyzicos

2 Staters

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Cast

Square

3.30 cm

3.10 cm

1.20 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
42.00	-	-	Tekin 2013b	No	No	Yes
42.00	-	April 24, 2018	L. Delanaye	No	No	No

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Tuna fish	Relief	LEFT

Little to no wear

Little to no corrosion

Square bronze weight measuring 33x31x5 mm and weighing 42 grammes ; slightly rounded corners and more or less straight edges ; little worn and little corroded. On the obverse, KYZI and ΔΙCTA  ; between the two inscriptions, tuna fish (to the left) ; all in relief (in particular the tuna's back). The reverse is flat and blank ; few notches. Height without relief: 0,5 cm.
Tekin 2013b: Square bronze weight measuring 32 x 31 x 5 mm and weighing 42.0 g; patinated. On the obverse is a tuna fish to left; above, ΚΥΖΙ(κηνῶν); below, ΔΙCTA(τηρον); all in relief. It is a distateron in unit (statter of 21.0 g). The reverse of the weight is blank.

Yes

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination, Mint

ΚΥΖΙ

ΔICΤΑ

Κυζι(κηνῶν) | διστά(τηρον)

GREEK

FROM -334 TO -27

Tekin 2013b: Late Hellenistic, 2nd–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
Mordtmann Collection	None	None
Numismatic Museum (Athens)	None	SM 74

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Tekin 2013b	167–168	6	6	None
Tekin 2016a	77;190	77	pl. 16/fig. 120	None
Killen 2017a	226	Kyzi I b 22	None	None