Ainos, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 21574)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 277-260 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracetetradrachm in silver struck at Ainos in Thrace under Lysimachos dated ca. 277-260 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21574. Obverse: Diademed head of deified Alexander the Great with horn of Ammon, right. Reverse: Athena (Nikephoros) enthroned to left, holding Nike in outstretched right hand; left arm resting on shield behind, decorated with lion's head; in background, transverse spear; in inner left field, cult image of Hermes Perpheraios facing; beneath, monogram.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.69 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Ainos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- Ruler
- Weight standard
- Euboic /Attic
- Issuing authority
- Lysimachos
Design
- Obverse type
- Diademed head of deified Alexander the Great with horn of Ammon, right.
- Reverse type
- Athena (Nikephoros) enthroned to left, holding Nike in outstretched right hand; left arm resting on shield behind, decorated with lion's head; in background, transverse spear; in inner left field, cult image of Hermes Perpheraios facing; beneath, monogram.
- Reverse legend
- ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ / i.f.l. mon. *ΑΕ*
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21574
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21574
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. 70, nr. A7
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution