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THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (29mm, 17.08 gm, 12h). NGC MS★ 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Pergamum, ca. 287/6-282 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, wearing horn of Ammon; K below / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena seated left, Nike crowning royal name in right hand, resting left arm on grounded shield with lion head boss, transverse spear in background; herm left in outer left field, archaic xoanon (cult image) in inner left field, ΕΠ monogram in exergue. Thompson, Essays Robinson, 220 var. (monogram). Powerful, high-relief portrait and delicate reverse, perfectly struck on bright flan.
The K-signed dies of Pergamum are often considered the finest style tetradrachm issue of Lysimachus. According to H.A. Cahn ("Frühhellenistiche Münzkunst, Kleine Schriften zur Münzkunde und Archäologie", Basel 1975, p. 121-126), this engraver may have been the same who designed, for the same mint, the dies of the famous portrait of Seleucus I on the silver tetradrachms of Philetaerus.
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Estimate: 10000-15000 USD
THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (29mm, 17.08 gm, 12h). NGC MS★ 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Pergamum, ca. 287/6-282 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, wearing horn of Ammon; K below / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena seated left, Nike crowning royal name in right hand, resting left arm on grounded shield with lion head boss, transverse spear in background; herm left in outer left field, archaic xoanon (cult image) in inner left field, ΕΠ monogram in exergue. Thompson, Essays Robinson, 220 var. (monogram). Powerful, high-relief portrait and delicate reverse, perfectly struck on bright flan.
The K-signed dies of Pergamum are often considered the finest style tetradrachm issue of Lysimachus. According to H.A. Cahn ("Frühhellenistiche Münzkunst, Kleine Schriften zur Münzkunde und Archäologie", Basel 1975, p. 121-126), this engraver may have been the same who designed, for the same mint, the dies of the famous portrait of Seleucus I on the silver tetradrachms of Philetaerus.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-thracian-kingdom-lysimachus-305-281-bc-ar-tetradrachm-29mm-1708-gm-12h-ngc-msand-9733-5-5-4-5-f/a/3075-32017.s?type=CoinArchives3075
HID02906262019
© 2019 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 10000-15000 USD