cn type 20983
cn type 20983-0
cn type 20983-1
Legend
Mint
Hoard
Findspot

cn type 20983

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 110-90 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Diademed head of deified Alexander the Great with horn of Ammon, right.
go to the NLP result of this description
Reverse
Legend
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ
Design
Athena (Nikephoros) seated left, holding Nike and spear; shield behind.
go to the NLP result of this description
Monogram
Monogram reverse (position: on the left)
Symbol
ΒΥ (position: Beneath throne) lying trident with two dolphins (position: in exergue)
Persons

Sitter: Alexander der Große 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
stater 🔍  
Standard: Attic
Material
gold 🔍  
Diameter
20 mm (1x)
Average Weight
8.45 g (2x)
Axes
11 (1x)
Literature

Müller, Die Münzen des Thracischen Königs Lysimachus, Kopenhagen 1858 nr. 158 ❐

de Callataÿ, L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Louvain-La-Neuve 1997 p. 142 (Dies D5-6/R1-3.)  ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.203  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 20983, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/20983 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

License:

This record is licensed under: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike

Contact

Comments or information about this coin? Please email us

Related Coins