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cn coin 39129

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CN Type 12197 🔍

Coinage
 

Ruler: Lysimachos (Hellenistic King)  

Mint
Ainos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 297-281 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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Symbol
enthroned cult image (position: at the bottom left)
Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Standard: Attic
Material
silver 🔍  
Weight
17.16 g
Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 1946,1004.2317

Literature

Thompson, The mints of Lysimachus, 1968 p. 182, nr. 257 ❐

Thompson, The mints of Lysimachus, 1968 p. 182, nr. 257 ❐

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cn coin 39129, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_39129 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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