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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
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: 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: 2024/11/02]
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