Coin of Lissos — Artemis and the thunderbolt
Novac grada Lisa — Artemida i grom
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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 south of Ulcinj, in present-day Albania.
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.
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
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