Thrace, Byzantion AR Tetradrachm. Circa 75-65 BC. In the name and types of Lysimachos. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated to left with transverse spear and shield at her side; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΛΥΣΙΜΑXΟΥ crowned by Nike to left, monogram in inner left field, BY on throne, elaborate trident in exergue. SNG Stancomb 8 (this coin) = Corpus Nummorum 6276 (this coin); cf. Callataÿ, p. 127, Group 4 (D44/R1-33); HGC 3, 1402 (same monogram as image); Marinescu -. 15.35g, 35mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the William Stancomb Collection; this coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000);
This coin published in Corpus Nummorum (www.corpus-nummorum.eu);
Acquired from 'Milne', 4 June 2011.