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Lysimacheia, Antiochos III. Hierax, tetradrachm — Apollo seated left on omphalos (CN type 12300)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

242–227 BC

Issuing entity

Thrace

Tetradrachm in silver struck at Lysimacheia in Thrace under Antiochos III. Hierax, dated 242–227 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12300 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: ruler).

Obverse: Diademed head of Antiochus I Soter, 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 16.97 g (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Houghton et al., Seleucid coins. A comprehensive catalogue, 1. Seleucus I through Antiochus III, New York 2002, p. 304, nr. 857.

Evidence at a glance

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Historical context

Antiochus Hierax was the younger son of Antiochus II and Laodice I, who became a separatist leader within the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom and ruled in Asia Minor during his brother's reign before being killed c. 226 BC. Tetradrachms were large silver coins originating in ancient Greece, nominally equivalent to four drachmae, which served as standard trade currency and allowed political figures to deliver messages. This silver tetradrachm was struck between 242 and 227 BC at Lysimachia, an important Hellenistic Greek town on the Thracian Chersonese.

Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Denomination
tetradrachm
Recorded mean weight
16.97 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Lysimacheia
Region
Thrace
Authority type
Ruler
Issuing authority
Antiochos III. Hierax

Design

Obverse type
Diademed head of Antiochus I Soter, 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/12300
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12300

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