cn type 21168
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cn type 21168

Coinage
 

Ruler: Lysimachos (Hellenistic King)  

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

175-150 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: below) ΒΥ (position: Beneath throne)
Persons

Sitter: Alexander der Große 🔍  

stated authority: Lysimachos 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Standard: Attic
Material
Average Weight
16.65 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 p. 247f., nr. 415f.  (Issue 130, 175-150 BC) 

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cn type 21168, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/21168 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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