Lysimacheia, bronze (CN type 12090)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 281-279 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Lysimacheia in Thrace dated ca. 281-279 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12090. Obverse: Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet. Reverse: Legend within wreath of corn.
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
- 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
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
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
Research required
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