Silver tetradrachm of Lysimachos, Greek, Macedonian, 297–281 BCE
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
297–281 BCE
Tetradrachm in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 05.44.430), catalogued by the museum's Greek and Roman Art department under the title “Silver tetradrachm of Lysimachos”. The museum dates it 297–281 BCE and records its origin as Greek, Macedonian; Hellenistic. The museum records the medium as Silver and the dimensions as Diameter: 1 1/16 × 1/8 in., 0.6oz. (2.7 × 0.3 cm, 17.01g). These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Silver
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 1 1/16 × 1/8 in., 0.6oz. (2.7 × 0.3 cm, 17.01g)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Coins
- Period recorded
- Hellenistic
- Culture recorded
- Greek, Macedonian
Identification
- Met object id
- 247148
- Museum object name
- Tetradrachm
- Museum object number
- 05.44.430
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- Issue or mint date
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