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cn type 20088

Coinage
 

Ruler: Lysimachos (Hellenistic King)  

Mint
Samothrake 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 288/287-282/281BC

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) Monogram reverse (position: Beneath throne)
Symbol
ram's head, left (position: in exergue)
Persons

Sitter: Alexander der Große 🔍  

Authority: Lysimachos 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Standard: Euboic /Attic
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 29 mm / Min: 27 mm
Average Weight
16.71 g (3x)
Axes
11 (1x) 12 (2x)
Literature

Müller, Die Münzen des Thracischen Königs Lysimachus, Kopenhagen 1858 nr. 129 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 20088, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/20088 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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