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Uncertain mint, Lysimachos, bronze coin — Trophy comprising helmet (CN type 12881)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

before 281 BC

Issuing entity

Thrace

Coin in bronze under Lysimachos, dated before 281 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12881 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: ruler).

Obverse: Male head, right, wearing Phrygian helmet. Reverse: Trophy comprising helmet, shield, and spear. Legend: ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 6.56 g (mean of 115 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 19–27 mm (from 108 recorded specimens). Recorded findspots: Kermeyan, Tekirdağ Province, Burgas Region. Published references cited by the corpus: Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum: the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942, nr. 1164; Arslan et al., Antike Münzen von Thrakien und Moesien aus öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen der Türkei, Berlin-Boston 2021, nr. 896-901.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
19–27 mm (from 108 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
6.56 g (mean of 115 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Authority type
Ruler
Issuing authority
Lysimachos

Design

Obverse type
Male head, right, wearing Phrygian helmet.
Reverse type
Trophy comprising helmet, shield, and spear.
Reverse legend
ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ

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.
Recorded findspots
Kermeyan, Tekirdağ Province, Burgas Region
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12881
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12881

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