Uncertain mint, Lysimachos, bronze coin — Lion leaping right (CN type 19862)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
306–281 BC
Issuing entity
Kingdom of ThraceCoin in bronze under Lysimachos, dated 306–281 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 19862 (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 4.77 g (mean of 143 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 18–21 mm (from 134 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum: the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942, nr. 1153-1154; Mannsperger and Balluff, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Deutschland. Münzsammlung der Universität Tübingen. 2. Taurische Chersones - Korkyra: Nr. 731 - 1542, 1982, nr. 963, pl. 40, pic. 963; Arslan et al., Antike Münzen von Thrakien und Moesien aus öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen der Türkei, Berlin-Boston 2021, nr. 1242-1247.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 18–21 mm (from 134 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.77 g (mean of 143 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/19862
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19862
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Research required
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1153-1154
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 963, pl. 40, pic. 963
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1242-1247
Research required
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