Lysimachos, bronze (CN type 12886)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 306-281 v. Chr.
Coin type in bronze under Lysimachos dated ca. 306-281 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12886. Obverse: Head of (youthful) Heracles, right, wearing lion skin. Reverse: Ruler's name within wreath of corn ears.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 13–18 mm (from 147 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.32 g (mean of 155 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Authority type
- Ruler
- Issuing authority
- Lysimachos
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of (youthful) Heracles, right, wearing lion skin.
- Reverse type
- Ruler's name within wreath of corn ears.
- Reverse legend
- ΒΑΣΙ / ΛΥΣΙ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Recorded findspots
- Varna Region, Burgas Region
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12886
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12886
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Research required
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1168-1169
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 157-158, nr. 1449-1452
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1264-1274
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution