Coin of Lissos — Artemis and the thunderbolt
Novac grada Lisa — Artemida i grom
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loads {mb} MBCoins and equipment of the Illyrian age from other collections — of the kind used in the Ulcinj area (7th–2nd c. BC).
Description
Bronze coin of ancient Lissos (Lissus), today Lezhë in Albania. The obverse shows the head of the goddess Artemis facing left, with a diadem and hair gathered at the back; the reverse shows a winged thunderbolt, the symbol of Zeus, with the partly preserved legend ΛΙΣΣΙΤΑΝ — “of the Lissitans”, the people of Lissos.
The type belongs to the Hellenistic period; the IRIS catalogue dates it to 270–219 BC, and Michael Kleu discusses other datings. Lissos lies on the coast south of Ulcinj.
The 3D model was made after photographs of a specimen of this type: obverse and reverse were modelled separately, in full relief, and joined into a two-sided coin. The model is a faithful three-dimensional rendering of the type, not a measured survey of the specimen; the relief height is emphasised for legibility. For 3D printing, obverse and reverse were prepared as separate models.
Obverse and reverse
Both faces from the 3D model, in the colour of the coin and with the patina of a coin as found. A visualisation, not a photograph.
Replicas — visualisation
Computer renderings of replicas made from the 3D model, not photographs. Sizes and materials are proposals for 3D printing.
Literature and sources
- IRIS, Lissus Ceka 1972, tip 2 — https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/lissus.ceka_1972.2
- M. Kleu, Ancient History Bulletin 31 (2017), str. 115 i 119 — https://www.ancienthistorybulletin.org/subscribed-users-area/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Kleu.pdf
- Katolički univerzitet Ajhštet-Ingolštat, Tabula Peutingeriana: Lissus — https://www1.ku.de/ggf/ag/tabula_peutingeriana/trefferanzeige_en.php?id=881
