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cn coin 43888

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CN Type 20591 🔍

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Lampsakos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 480–470 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Archaic female janiform heads wearing earring, necklace, and diadem; with parted forehead hair and border of dots.
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Reverse
Design
Head of Athena, left, with wreath on Corinthian helmet. All within an incuse square.
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Metrology
Denomination
Obol 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 12.2 mm / Min: 11.7 mm
Weight
0.84 g
Axis
3
Owner

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

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Owner Inventory No.: 1866,1201.3523

Provenience: 1866 James Woodhouse

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: London_196

Literature

Baldwin, Lampsakos: The Gold staters, silver and bronze coinages., New York 1924 p. 54, nr. 2, pl. 5, pic. 24-27 (Group A; ca. 500-470 BC)  ❐

Gaebler, Die Silberprägung von Lampsakos : eine chronologische Studie 12, 1923 p. 6, nr. 21, pl. 1, pic. 21 (Group II; ca. 480-470 BC)  ❐

Web Reference: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1866-1201-3523 ❐

Cite this record:

cn coin 43888, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_43888 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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