cn type 20770

Ruler  ❐

Ruler: Lysimachos (Hellenistic King) ❐

Mint

Byzantion 🔍 ❐
Region: Thrace ❐

Date

150-120 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

(position: on the left)

Symbol

lying trident with two dolphins (position: below)
ΒΥ (position: Beneath throne)

Persons

Sitter

Alexander der Große 🔍 ❐

stated authority

Lysimachos 🔍 ❐

Metrology

Denomination

tetradrachm 🔍 ❐

Material

silver  🔍 ❐

Average Weight

15.63 g (1x)

Citation

Marinescu, Making and Spending Money Along the Bosporus: the Lysimachi Coinages Minted by Byzantium and Chalcedon and their Socio-Cultural Context, 1996   (Issue 135, 150-120 BC)  ❐

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cn type 20770, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20770 [Last downloaded: 2024/12/03]

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