Lysimacheia, bronze (CN type 12571)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 277-265 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Lysimacheia in Thrace dated ca. 277-265 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12571. Obverse: Veiled head of Demeter, right. Reverse: Legend within wreath of corn.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 19–21.2 mm (from 13 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.66 g (mean of 12 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Lysimacheia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Veiled head of Demeter, right.
- Reverse type
- Legend within wreath of corn.
- Reverse legend
- ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12571
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12571
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. 39, nr. 870, pl. 39
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 837
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1214
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 125, nr. 1095, pl. 19
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1722
- Corpus Nummorum bibliography
Research required
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