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cn coin 39232

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CN Type 12241 🔍

Coinage
 

Ruler: Lysimachos (Hellenistic King)  

Mint
Sestos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 297/296-282/281 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
blossom (position: on the left)
Persons

Sitter: Alexander der Große 🔍  

Authority: Lysimachos 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Material
Diameter
30 mm
Weight
16.58 g
Axis
12
Owner

American Numismatic Society, New York, us

Owner Inventory No.: 1935.117.1103

Provenience: Endicott, 1935; Sotheby (Amer. Collect.), 20 Apr. 1909, pl. 3.84

Literature

Thompson, The mints of Lysimachus, 1968 p. 170, nr. 29

Cite this record:

cn coin 39232, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_39232 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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