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cn type 20098

Coinage
 

Ruler: Lysimachos (Hellenistic King)  

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 90-81 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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Monogram
Monogram reverse (position: on the left)
Symbol
lying trident with two dolphins (position: in exergue) ΒΥ (position: Beneath throne)
Persons

Sitter: Alexander der Große 🔍  

stated authority: Lysimachos 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Standard: Attic
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
35.6 mm (1x)
Average Weight
16.56 g (3x)
Axes
12 (1x)
Literature

Müller, Die Münzen des Thracischen Königs Lysimachus, Kopenhagen 1858 nr. 198 ❐

de Callataÿ, L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Louvain-La-Neuve 1997 p. 125 (Groupe 3; D 36-39/R 1-5, ca. 90-81 BC)  ❐

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cn type 20098, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/20098 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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