Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Drachm - Lysimachus Magnesia
| Issuer | Kings of Thrace |
|---|---|
| Year | 299 BC - 296 BC |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | 4.16 g |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Youthful bare head of Heracles in right profile, wearing the Nemean lion-skin headdress, the scalp knotted beneath the chin with the forelegs draped across the neck. The facial features are rendered with fine Hellenistic artistry, displaying a smooth, idealised countenance with a straight nose, slightly parted lips, and naturalistic curling hair visible beneath the lion's mane. The finely detailed lion-skin wraps over the crown of the head, with the beast's open jaws framing the hero's forehead. No legend or inscription appears on the obverse field. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left upon a stool-throne, his torso nude and draped below the waist, extending his right hand forward upon which an eagle with closed wings perches, while his left hand grasps a long sceptre. In the left field, a forepart of a lion advancing left serves as a mint control symbol. Beneath the throne, the letter A functions as a secondary control mark. The Greek legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ ('of King Lysimachus') runs in two lines flanking the enthroned figure, identifying the issuing authority. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |