Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm — Athena seated left (CN type 21188)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
late 260s BC
Issuing entity
ThraceTetradrachm in silver struck at Byzantion in Thrace under Lysimachos, dated late 260s BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 21188 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Diademed head of deified Alexander the Great with horn of Ammon, right. Reverse: Athena (Nikephoros) seated left, holding Nike and spear; shield behind. Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 17 g (from 1 recorded specimen). The corpus assigns the type to the Attic weight standard. Published references cited by the corpus: Marinescu, Making and Spending Money Along the Bosporus: the Lysimachi Coinages Minted by Byzantium and Chalcedon and their Socio-Cultural Context, 1996, p. 44, nr. 23-25.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 3
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 1
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Historical context
Byzantion, an ancient Greek city colonised by Greeks from Megara in the 7th century BC, served as a Hellenistic mint city in Thrace. Lysimachos was a former officer and bodyguard of Alexander the Great who became strategos of Thrace following Alexander's death in 323 BC and later king of Thrace in 306 BC, ruling until his death in 281 BC. Struck in the late 260s BC, this silver tetradrachm follows the Attic standard—a large Greek trade denomination that spread across Classical Antiquity and was frequently utilised by issuing authorities to broadcast political messages.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Recorded mean weight
- 17 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Byzantion
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- 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
- 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/21188
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21188
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 44, nr. 23-25
Varieties
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 12411)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 12412)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 12553)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 12554)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 12598)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 12599)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 12988)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 12989)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 12990)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 12991)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 12992)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 12993)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 12994)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 12995)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 13096)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20094)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20095)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20096)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20097)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20098)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20104)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20106)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20108)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20109)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20132)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20133)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20148)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20149)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20150)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20151)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20153)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20155)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20156)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20157)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20158)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20160)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20161)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20162)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20168)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 20169)
Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution