Uncertain mint, Lysimachos, bronze coin — Lion leaping right (CN type 12899)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 306–281 BC
Issuing entity
Kingdom of ThraceCoin in bronze under Lysimachos, dated c. 306–281 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12899 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: ruler).
Obverse: Head of Athena, right, wearing Attic helmet. Reverse: Lion leaping right; below, spear-head. Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 4.79 g (mean of 29 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 17–21.3 mm (from 26 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Schwabacher, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Copenhagen. The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum. Part 7: Thrace 2: Odessus - Sestos. Islands. Kings and Dynasts 7, Copenhagen 1943, nr. 1152; Mannsperger and Balluff, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Deutschland. Münzsammlung der Universität Tübingen. 2. Taurische Chersones - Korkyra: Nr. 731 - 1542, 1982, nr. 862; Arslan et al., Antike Münzen von Thrakien und Moesien aus öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen der Türkei, Berlin-Boston 2021, nr. 1241; Müller, Die Münzen des thracischen Königs Lysimachus, Kopenhagen 1858, nr. 74; Psōma et al., The coins from Maroneia and the classical city at Molyvoti: a contribution to the history of Aegean Thrace, Athens 2008, nr. M228.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 7
- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 5
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Historical context
Lysimachus was a Thessalian officer and successor of Alexander the Great who served as strategos of Thrace after Alexander's death in 323 BC. He assumed the title of king of Thrace in 306 BC, later expanding his rule over western Asia Minor in 301 BC and Macedon in 288 BC. His reign concluded when he was defeated and killed by Seleucus at the Battle of Corupedium in 281 BC. This bronze coin was issued under Lysimachus during his rule as king.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 17–21.3 mm (from 26 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.79 g (mean of 29 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Authority type
- Ruler
- Issuing authority
- Lysimachos
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Athena, right, wearing Attic helmet.
- Reverse type
- Lion leaping right; below, spear-head.
- Reverse legend
- ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ
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/12899
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12899
Documentation checklist
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Weight
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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