Lampsakos, stater (CN type 3161)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 387-334 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Mysiastater in gold struck at Lampsakos in Mysia dated ca. 387-334 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3161. Obverse: Orpheus, seated right on rock, wearing phrygian cap, holding lyra in left arm. Reverse: Forepart of winged horse, right.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold
- Denomination
- stater
- Recorded diameter
- 16 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.45 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Lampsakos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Persian
Design
- Obverse type
- Orpheus, seated right on rock, wearing phrygian cap, holding lyra in left arm.
- Reverse type
- Forepart of winged horse, right.
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3161
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3161
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. 20, nr. 4, pl. 1, pic. 6–7
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1154, pl. 61, pic. 1154
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution