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Uncertain mint, Lysimachos, bronze coin — Lion-head standing facing (CN type 21758)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

306–281 BC

Issuing entity

Kingdom of Thrace

Coin in bronze under Lysimachos, dated 306–281 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 21758 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: ruler).

Obverse: Head of Athena, right, wearing Attic helmet. Reverse: Lion-head standing facing. Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.82 g (mean of 21 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 11.2–14 mm (from 20 recorded specimens). Recorded findspots: Varna Region. Published references cited by the corpus: Lischine, Collection C. N. Lischine, Monnaies greques. Thrace, Macon 1902, 1902, p. 157, nr. 1446-1448; Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum: the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942, nr. 1170.

Evidence at a glance

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Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
11.2–14 mm (from 20 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
1.82 g (mean of 21 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Authority type
Ruler
Issuing authority
Lysimachos

Design

Obverse type
Head of Athena, right, wearing Attic helmet.
Reverse type
Lion-head standing facing.
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.
Recorded findspots
Varna Region
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21758
Type corpus identifier
CN type 21758

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