cn type 12947

Coinage

Ruler: Lysimachos (Hellenistic King)

Mint

Lysimacheia 🔍

Region: Thrace

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

Forepart of a lion leaping right; below, spear-head; in left field, caduceus and monogram.
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Monogram

(position: on the left)

Persons

Authority: Lysimachos 🔍

Metrology

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 15 mm / Min: 13 mm

Average Weight

2.39 g (11x)

Axes

1 (2x) 9 (1x) 12 (2x)

Citation

Mannsperger and Balluff, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum : Deutschland [1] Münzsammlung der Universität Tübingen H. 2 Taurische Chersones - Korkyra: Nr. 731 - 1542, 1982 nr. 969-970 ❐

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. 1159 ❐

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cn type 12947, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/12947 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]