Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20763)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
um 260 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracetetradrachm in silver struck at Byzantion in Thrace under Lysimachos dated um 260 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20763. Obverse: Diademed head of deified Alexander the Great with horn of Ammon, right. Reverse: Athena (Nikephoros) seated left, holding Nike and spear; shield behind.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.52 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Byzantion
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- Ruler
- Weight standard
- Attic
- Issuing authority
- Lysimachos
Design
- Obverse type
- Diademed head of deified Alexander the Great with horn of Ammon, right.
- Reverse type
- Athena (Nikephoros) seated left, holding Nike and spear; shield behind.
- Reverse legend
- ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20763
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20763
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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. 47
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution