Lampsakos, drachm (CN type 20540)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 480–470 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Mysiadrachm in silver struck at Lampsakos in Mysia dated ca. 480–470 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20540. Obverse: Archaic female janiform heads wearing earring, necklace, and diadem; with parted forehead hair and border of dots. Reverse: Head of Athena in Corinthian helmet, left. All within an incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- drachm
- Recorded diameter
- 19.1–19.3 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Lampsakos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Archaic female janiform heads wearing earring, necklace, and diadem; with parted forehead hair and border of dots.
- Reverse type
- Head of Athena in Corinthian helmet, left. All within an incuse square.
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20540
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20540
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 54, nr. 2
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 5, nr. 19
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution