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cn type 20540

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Lampsakos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 480–470 BC

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Obverse
Design
Archaic female janiform heads wearing earring, necklace, and diadem; with parted forehead hair and border of dots.
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Reverse
Design
Head of Athena in Corinthian helmet, left. All within an incuse square.
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Symbol
Σ (retrograd) (position: at the bottom right)
Metrology
Denomination
drachm 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 19.3 mm / Min: 19.1 mm
Citation

Baldwin, Lampsakos: The Gold staters, silver and bronze coinages., New York 1924 p. 54, nr. 2  (Group A; ca. 500-470 BC)  ❐

Gaebler, Die Silberprägung von Lampsakos : eine chronologische Studie 12, 1923 p. 5, nr. 19  ❐

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cn type 20540, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/20540 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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