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cn coin 43988

Connected to Type

CN Type 20548 🔍

Mint
Lampsakos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 464–415 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΘΕΟ
Design
Female janiform heads wearing taenia and shared earring.
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Reverse
Legend
ΛΑΜΨΑ
Design
Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet.
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Persons

Magistrate: Theo( ) 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
Diobol 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 12.3 mm / Min: 11.9 mm
Weight
1.24 g
Axis
12
Owner

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

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Owner Inventory No.: 1922,1020.187

Provenience: 1922 WEBER

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 3 Exemplare: London_1922, Weber_3, London_Weber_2

Public Commentary

ΘΕΟ: ΘE ligiert

Citation

Gaebler, Die Silberprägung von Lampsakos : eine chronologische Studie 12, 1923 p. 15, nr. 39, pl. 2, pic. 10  ❐

Literature

Brett, Lampsakos : the gold staters, silver and bronze coinages, New York 1924 p. 54, nr. B1, pl. 6, pic. 15 (Group B; ca. 400-300 BC)  ❐

Gaebler, Die Silberprägung von Lampsakos : eine chronologische Studie 12, 1923 p. 15, nr. 39–40 (Group III; 464-415 BC)  ❐

Web Reference: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1922-1020-187 ❐

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cn coin 43988, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_43988 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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