cn type 20992
cn type 20992-0
cn type 20992-1
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cn type 20992

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 100-96 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Diademed head of deified Alexander the Great with horn of Ammon, right.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse 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) ΒΥ (position: Beneath throne)
Persons

Sitter: Alexander der Große 🔍  

stated authority: Lysimachos 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Standard: Attic
Material
silver 🔍  
Average Weight
16.51 g (3x)
Axes
12 (2x)
Literature

de Callataÿ, L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Louvain-La-Neuve 1997 p. 122 (D1-5/R1-9, Groupe 2B, 100-96 BC)  ❐

editions

cn.byzantium.1_ed.205  🔍

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cn type 20992, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/20992 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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