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cn coin 12412

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CN Type 12223 🔍

Coinage
 

Ruler: Lysimachos (Hellenistic King)  

Mint
Lysimacheia 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 281-280 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Diademed head of deified Alexander the Great with horn of Ammon, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ
Design
Athena (Nikephoros) seated left, holding Nike and spear; shield behind.
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Monogram
Monogram reverse (position: below)
Symbol
head of lion (position: on the left) elephant (position: on the left)
Persons

Sitter: Alexander der Große 🔍  

Authority: Lysimachos 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Standard: Attic
Material
silver 🔍  
Weight
16.88 g
Owner

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris, fr ❐

Owner Inventory No.: R 1892

Provenience: Fonds général

Literature

Thompson, The mints of Lysimachus, 1968 p. 168-169 ❐

Cite this record:

cn coin 12412, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_12412 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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