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THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (28mm, 17.39 gm, 12h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Pergamum, 287-282 BC. Head of the Deified Alexander right, diademed and wearing horn of Ammon, K below / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧOΥ, helmeted Athena seated left, holding Victory in right hand and resting left arm on shield decorated with gorgoneion, spear leaned against seat, cult image in inner left field, crescent in exergue. Thompson 228. Müller 289. Well centered and struck from dies of sensational style! Attractive light iridescent toning.
The Pergamum-mint Lysimachus tetradrachms of this series are regarded by many possessing as the finest of all numismatic portraits of Alexander the Great.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD
THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (28mm, 17.39 gm, 12h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Pergamum, 287-282 BC. Head of the Deified Alexander right, diademed and wearing horn of Ammon, K below / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧOΥ, helmeted Athena seated left, holding Victory in right hand and resting left arm on shield decorated with gorgoneion, spear leaned against seat, cult image in inner left field, crescent in exergue. Thompson 228. Müller 289. Well centered and struck from dies of sensational style! Attractive light iridescent toning.
The Pergamum-mint Lysimachus tetradrachms of this series are regarded by many possessing as the finest of all numismatic portraits of Alexander the Great.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD