Tetradrachm In the name of Lysimachus
Features
| Issuer |
Kyzikos
(Mysia)  |
|---|---|
| Stated authority |
Lysimachus (304 BC - 281 BC)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 250 BC - 190 BC |
| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
| Currency | Attic drachm |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 16.84 g |
| Diameter | 29 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 557651 |
| References | Thompson Lysimachus# – Margaret Thompson; 1968. “The mints of Lysimachus”, Essays in Greek coinage, pages 163-182. , SNG France# 2518 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France (8 volumes). |
Obverse
Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon.
Reverse
Athena seated left, holding Nike, crowning the king's name, in her right hand and leaning with her left arm on shield; behind, transverse spear; tunny fish left in exergue.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ
Mint
Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, TurkeySee also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (250 BC - 190 BC) | 
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© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b8576744p
29 mm • 16.84 g • ↑↑ 12h
29 mm • 16.84 g • ↑↑ 12h
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France 5. Mysie 2518
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