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cn type 20578

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Lampsakos 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 490–480 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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Metrology
Denomination
drachm 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 24 mm / Min: 17.1 mm
Average Weight
4.65 g (17x)
Axes
3 (1x) 9 (1x) 10 (1x) 12 (2x)
Citation

Baldwin, Lampsakos: The Gold staters, silver and bronze coinages., New York 1924 p. 54, nr. 2, pl. 5, pic. 18-23  (Group A; ca. 500-470 BC)  ❐

Gaebler, Die Silberprägung von Lampsakos : eine chronologische Studie 12, 1923 p. 5f., nr. 13.28  ❐

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cn type 20578, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/20578 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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