Byzantion, Lysimachos, tetradrachm (CN type 21580)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Thracetetradrachm in silver struck at Byzantion in Thrace under Lysimachos, catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21580. 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
- 16.85 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
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21580
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21580
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution