Lampsakos, bronze (CN type 20705)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 190-85 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Lampsakos in Mysia dated ca. 190-85 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20705. Obverse: Head of (youthful) Apollo, right, wearing laurel wreath. Reverse: Athena standing facing, head left, wearing helmet, holding Nike in her outstretched right hand and resting her left on shield.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 17–25.6 mm (from 29 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.56 g (mean of 31 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Lampsakos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of (youthful) Apollo, right, wearing laurel wreath.
- Reverse type
- Athena standing facing, head left, wearing helmet, holding Nike in her outstretched right hand and resting her left on shield.
- Reverse legend
- ΛΑΜΨΑΚΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20705
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20705
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 86, nr. 73
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographypl. 10, pic. 1
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1236-38, pl. 64, pic. 1236-38
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1304
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 220-21, pl. Mysia 6, pic. 220-21
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution