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cn coin 54583

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CN Type 5190 🔍

Coinage
 

Ruler: Skostokos (Hellenistic King)  

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 ΣΚΟΣΤΟΚΟΥ
Design
Athena (Nikephoros) enthroned left, holding Nike, crowning king's name, and spear; left arm resting on shield.
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Symbol
herm (position: on the left)
Persons

stated authority: Alexander der Große 🔍  

stated authority: Lysimachos 🔍  

Authority: Skostokos 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Weight
16.88 g
Owner

commerce / im Handel, ,

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Provenience: Gorny&Mosch 152 lot 1278

Literature

Peter, Die Münzen der thrakischen Dynasten (5. - 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr.): Hintergründe ihrer Prägung, Berlin 1997 p. 218 ❐

Jurukova, Coins of the ancient Thracians [engl.] Transl. from the Bulgarian Yordanka Youroukova, 1976 p. 81, nr. 103-104 ❐

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cn coin 54583, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_54583 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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