cn type 12239
cn type 12239-0
cn type 12239-1
Legend
Mint
Hoard
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cn type 12239

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
Bee (position: on the left) corn-ear (position: top left)
Persons

Sitter: Alexander der Große 🔍  

Authority: Lysimachos 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 30 mm / Min: 27 mm
Average Weight
16.99 g (6x)
Axes
1 (2x)
Public Commentary

The two symbols on the reverse are also described as Isis crown, or instead of the ear of corn as a corn or cornucopia.

Citation

Thompson, The mints of Lysimachus, 1968 p. 170, nr. 31  ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 12239, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/12239 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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