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cn type 20738

Ruler  
Ruler: Lysimachos (Hellenistic King)
Mint
Byzantion 🔍
Region: Thrace
Date
220-210 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
lying trident with two dolphins (position: in exergue)
ΠΥ (position: Beneath throne)
Persons
Sitter
Alexander der Große 🔍
stated authority
Lysimachos 🔍
Metrology
Denomination
stater 🔍
Material
gold  🔍
Average Weight
8.48 g (1x)
Citation
Nicolet, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. Bibliothèque nationale, Cabinet des médailles, Collection Jean et Marie Delepierre, Paris 1983 nr. 794 
Marinescu, Making and Spending Money Along the Bosporus: the Lysimachi Coinages Minted by Byzantium and Chalcedon and their Socio-Cultural Context, 1996 nr. 161 
Cite this record:
cn type 20738, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20738 [Last downloaded: 2023/12/10]
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