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cn type 20556

Mint
Lampsakos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 464–415 BC

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Obverse
Design
Female janiform heads wearing taenia and shared earring.
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Symbol
dolphin (position: below)
Reverse
Legend
ΛΑΜΨ
Design
Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet.
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Metrology
Denomination
Diobol 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 15.08 mm / Min: 9 mm
Average Weight
1.21 g (52x)
Axes
1 (1x) 3 (4x) 6 (5x) 10 (1x) 12 (3x)
Citation

Brett, Lampsakos : the gold staters, silver and bronze coinages, New York 1924 p. 54, nr. B1, pl. 6, pic. 11–14  (Group B (Dated to c. 400-300 BC.))  ❐

Gaebler, Die Silberprägung von Lampsakos : eine chronologische Studie 12, 1923 p. 15, nr. 35.38  (Group III; ca. 464-415 BC (Type 35: dolphin, right; Type 38: dolphin, left.))  ❐

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cn type 20556, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/20556 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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