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Long Beach Signature Sale 3042 17-18 Sep 2015
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THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (323-281 BC). AV stater (19mm, 8.43 gm, 12h). Posthumous issue of Bithynia, Calchedon, ca. 215-200 BC. Diademed head of Alexander the Great right, with horn of Ammon / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ, Athena seated left, holding Nike and sitting on shield decorated with lion's head; KA monogram to inner left, PE in exergue. Cf. Müller 468 (different exergue letters). A few light scratches on reverse, otherwise a lovely specimen, well struck and possessing considerable obverse luster. NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5.
Estimate: 5000-7000 USD
THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (323-281 BC). AV stater (19mm, 8.43 gm, 12h). Posthumous issue of Bithynia, Calchedon, ca. 215-200 BC. Diademed head of Alexander the Great right, with horn of Ammon / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ, Athena seated left, holding Nike and sitting on shield decorated with lion's head; KA monogram to inner left, PE in exergue. Cf. Müller 468 (different exergue letters). A few light scratches on reverse, otherwise a lovely specimen, well struck and possessing considerable obverse luster. NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5.
Estimate: 5000-7000 USD