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cn type 12598

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Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 120-75 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
ΒΥ (position: Beneath throne) lying trident with two dolphins (position: in exergue)
Persons

Sitter: Alexander der Große 🔍  

stated authority: Lysimachos 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
36 mm (1x)
Average Weight
16.40 g (1x)
Axes
12 (1x)
Literature

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. 1139 (250-100 BC)  ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.197  🔍

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cn type 12598, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/12598 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/25]

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