cn type 12571
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cn type 12571

Mint
Lysimacheia 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 277-265 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Veiled head of Demeter, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ
Design
Legend within wreath of corn.
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Symbol
grain of barley (position: below)
Metrology
Material
Diameter
Max: 21.2 mm / Min: 19 mm
Average Weight
7.66 g (12x)
Axes
3 (1x) 6 (2x) 8 (2x) 12 (2x)
Citation

Lindgren, Ancient Greek bronze coins: European mints from the Lindgren collection, San Mateo Calif 1989 p. 39, nr. 870, pl. 39 

Arslan et al., Antike Münzen von Thrakien und Moesien aus öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen der Türkei, Berlin-Boston 2021 nr. 837 

Bloesch, Griechische Münzen in Winterthur, Winterthur 1987 nr. 1214 

Lischine, Collection C. N. Lischine, Monnaies greques. Thrace, Macon 1902, 1902 p. 125, nr. 1095, pl. 19 

British Academy, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : [England] / The British Academy Vol. 4: Fitzwilliam Museum: Leake and general collections, London 1972 nr. 1722 

Literature

Stolba and Peter, Bronze coinage of Lysimacheia (forthcoming) (Group D1: Denomination and dating adopted.) 

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cn type 12571, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/12571 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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