cn type 21189

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: in exergue)
ΒΥ (position: on the left)

Persons

Sitter

Alexander der Große 🔍 ❐

stated authority

Lysimachos 🔍 ❐

Metrology

Denomination

tetradrachm 🔍 ❐

Material

silver  🔍 ❐

Average Weight

15 g (1x)

Public Commentary

Since it is unknown whether it is the same monogram as Marinescu Issue 127, the dating remains uncertain.

Literature

Marinescu, Making and Spending Money Along the Bosporus: the Lysimachi Coinages Minted by Byzantium and Chalcedon and their Socio-Cultural Context, 1996 p. 144 (Issue 127, this type?)   ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 21189, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21189 [Last downloaded: 2024/10/05]

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