Lysimacheia, bronze coin — Legend within wreath of corn (CN type 12090)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 281–279 BC
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin in bronze struck at Lysimacheia in Thrace, dated c. 281–279 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12090 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet. Reverse: Legend within wreath of corn. Legend: ΛΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.25 g (mean of 79 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 11.7–13 mm (from 71 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Hoover, Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, Pa. London 2017, p. 122, nr. 1504; Arslan et al., Antike Münzen von Thrakien und Moesien aus öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen der Türkei, Berlin-Boston 2021, nr. 1099-1102; Schwabacher, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Copenhagen. The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum. Part 7: Thrace 2: Odessus - Sestos. Islands. Kings and Dynasts 7, Copenhagen 1943, nr. 921; Westermark and Nilsson, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum: Sweden 2 The collection of the Royal Coin Cabinet, National Museum of Monetary History, Stockholm Pt. 2 Thrace - Euboia The Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, 1980, nr. 810; Poole, BMC. Catalogue of Greek coins: the Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, &c., Bologna 1979, p. 196, nr. 15; and further titles.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 11
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 9
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Historical context
Lysimachia was an important Hellenistic Greek town situated on the north-western extremity of the Thracian Chersonese, modernly known as the Gallipoli peninsula. Positioned where the peninsula joins the mainland near the bay of Melas in European Turkey, the city was located near the modern village of Bolayır rather than Hexamili. This bronze coin was struck by the city during the Hellenistic period between c. 281 and 279 BC.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 11.7–13 mm (from 71 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.25 g (mean of 79 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Lysimacheia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet.
- Reverse type
- Legend within wreath of corn.
- Reverse legend
- ΛΥ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12090
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12090
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 122, nr. 1504
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1099-1102
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 921
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 810
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 196, nr. 15
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 2348
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 126, nr. 1108-1112, pl. 19
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 921
- Corpus Nummorum bibliography
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