Lemnos, bronze coin — Bearded head (CN type 19972)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 25 BC
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin in bronze struck at Lemnos in Thrace, dated c. 25 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 19972 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Head of Athena, right, wearing Attic helmet. Reverse: Bearded head (Hephaestus?), right. Legend: ΑΘΕ ΛΗΜΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 5.85 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 17 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Kroll and Walker, The Athenian Agora: 26. Results of excavations conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. 26. The Greek coins, Princeton, N. J 1993, p. 111, nr. 159A; Svoronos, Περιγραφικός κατάλογος των προσκτήματων του Εθνικού Νομισματικού Μουσείου από 1 Σεπτεμβρίου 1908 μέχρι 31 Αυγούστου 1909 13, 1911, p. 130, nr. 9.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 2
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Historical context
Lemnos is an island located in the northern Aegean Sea, known in Ancient Greek as Lemnos. Under the broader geographic sphere of Thrace, the island's civic authorities struck their own bronze currency. Dated to circa 25 BC, this issue originates from the Roman Imperial Period as a civic emission produced for the local community.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 17 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.85 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Lemnos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Athena, right, wearing Attic helmet.
- Reverse type
- Bearded head (Hephaestus?), right.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΘΕ ΛΗΜΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial 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/19972
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19972
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 111, nr. 159A
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 130, nr. 9
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