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Lemnos, bronze coin — Ram standing right (CN type 19858)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 360–340 BC

Issuing entity

Thrace

Coin in bronze struck at Lemnos in Thrace, dated c. 360–340 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 19858 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Bearded male head (Thoas?), right. Reverse: Ram standing right; within incuse square. Legend: ΛΗΜΝΙ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 2.47 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 14 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Prokesch-Osten, Autonome thrakische Münzen der Sammlung Prokesch-Osten 4, 1872, p. 215, nr. 2; Souchleris, Numismatic Testimonies for the City of Hephaistia, Lemnos. New Coin Finds from the Theatre Excavations, 2006, p. 66; Penna, The Mintage of Lemnos, 1994, p. 38-40, pl. 1, pic. 1.

Evidence at a glance

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4
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Catalogue references
3

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
14 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
2.47 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Lemnos
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Bearded male head (Thoas?), right.
Reverse type
Ram standing right; within incuse square.
Reverse legend
ΛΗΜΝΙ

Identification

Period
Classical 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/19858
Type corpus identifier
CN type 19858

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