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Lysimacheia, Lysimachos, stater — Athena seated left (CN type 21721)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 297–281 BC

Issuing entity

Thrace

Stater in gold struck at Lysimacheia in Thrace under Lysimachos, dated c. 297–281 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 21721 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: ruler).

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 8.47 g (from 1 recorded specimen). The corpus assigns the type to the Attic weight standard. Published references cited by the corpus: Thompson, The mints of Lysimachus, 1968, p. 168, nr. 9.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
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Photograph views
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Catalogue references
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Historical context

Lysimachus, a Thessalian officer and bodyguard of Alexander the Great, was appointed strategos of Thrace after Alexander's death in 323 BC and became king of Thrace in 306 BC, reigning until he was killed at the Battle of Corupedium in 281 BC. Lysimachia was a Hellenistic Greek town situated on the Thracian Chersonese. Struck between c. 297 and 281 BC under Lysimachos, this gold stater reflects his royal coinage issued on the Attic weight standard.

Physical characteristics

Material
gold
Denomination
stater
Recorded mean weight
8.47 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Lysimacheia
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
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/21721
Type corpus identifier
CN type 21721

Documentation checklist

Denomination
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Issue or mint date
Recorded
Material
Recorded
Weight
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Mint or printer
Recorded
Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue reference
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Recorded

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Catalogue references

Varieties

  • Lysimacheia, Lysimachos, stater (CN type 12216)

    Near-identical catalogue variant (same obverse and reverse legends, type and denomination, differing only in minor marks or bust detail); consolidated into this entry.

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