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Lysimacheia, Antiochos II. Theos, tetradrachm — Apollo seated left on omphalos (CN type 12298)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

261–246 BC

Issuing entity

Thrace

Tetradrachm in silver struck at Lysimacheia in Thrace under Antiochos II. Theos, dated 261–246 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12298 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: ruler).

Obverse: Diademed head of Antiochus II Theos, right. Reverse: Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in right hand and left hand resting on bow. Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 16.88 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 28–31 mm (from 3 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Houghton et al., Seleucid coins. A comprehensive catalogue, 1. Seleucus I through Antiochus III, New York 2002, p. 174, nr. 483.7.

Evidence at a glance

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Historical context

Antiochus II Theos was a Greek king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire who reigned from 261 to 246 BC, succeeding his father Antiochus I Soter in the winter of 262–61 BC. As ruler, he largely succeeded in holding the sprawling Seleucid realm intact. This silver tetradrachm was struck under his authority at Lysimachia, an important Hellenistic Greek town located on the north-western extremity of the Thracian Chersonese in Thrace.

Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Denomination
tetradrachm
Recorded diameter
28–31 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
16.88 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Lysimacheia
Region
Thrace
Authority type
Ruler
Issuing authority
Antiochos II. Theos

Design

Obverse type
Diademed head of Antiochus II Theos, right.
Reverse type
Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in right hand and left hand resting on bow.
Reverse legend
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

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/12298
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12298

Documentation checklist

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Catalogue references

Varieties

  • Lysimacheia, Antiochos II. Theos, tetradrachm (CN type 12255)

    Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.

  • Lysimacheia, Antiochos II. Theos, tetradrachm (CN type 12292)

    Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.

  • Lysimacheia, Antiochos II. Theos, tetradrachm (CN type 12299)

    Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.

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