Lysimacheia, bronze (CN type 12567)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 260-255 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Lysimacheia in Thrace dated ca. 260-255 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12567. Obverse: Head of Heracles, right, wearing lion skin. Reverse: Nike with wreath and palm branch, left.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 24–27 mm (from 9 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.95 g (mean of 13 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Lysimacheia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Heracles, right, wearing lion skin.
- Reverse type
- Nike with wreath and palm branch, left.
- Reverse legend
- ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12567
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12567
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
Research required
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