cn type 12899

Coinage

Ruler

Ruler: Lysimachos (Hellenistic King)

Date

c. 306-281 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse

Design

Head of Athena, right, wearing Attic helmet.
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Reverse

Legend

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ

Design

Lion leaping right; below, spear-head.
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Monogram

(position: )

Persons

Authority: Lysimachos 🔍

Metrology

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 21.3 mm / Min: 17 mm

Average Weight

4.78 g (21x)

Axes

1 (1x) 3 (5x) 4 (1x) 6 (2x) 8 (1x) 11 (2x)

Citation

Schwabacher, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Copenhagen. The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum. Part 7: Thrace 2: Odessus - Sestos. Islands. Kings and Dynasts 7, Copenhagen 1943 nr. 1152 ❐

Mannsperger and Balluff, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : Deutschland [1] Münzsammlung der Universität Tübingen H. 2 Taurische Chersones - Korkyra: Nr. 731 - 1542, 1982 nr. 862 ❐

Arslan et al., Antike Münzen von Thrakien und Moesien aus öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen der Türkei, Berlin-Boston 2021 nr. 1241 ❐

Müller, Die Münzen des thracischen Königs Lysimachus, Kopenhagen 1858 nr. 74 ❐

Psōma et al., The coins from Maroneia and the classical city at Molyvoti: a contribution to the history of Aegean Thrace, Athens 2008 nr. M228 ❐

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cn type 12899, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/12899 [Last downloaded: 2026/07/18]