Bithynia, Herakleia Pontika AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Lysimachos of Thrace. Circa 175-170 BC. 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, upright club in inner left field, two monograms in exergue. SNG Stancomb 842 (this coin) = C. Boehringer, 'Hellenistischer Münzschatz aus Trapezund 1970' in SNR 54 (1975), pl. 2, 9; SNG Sweden 1.2, 150; HGC 7, 483. 16.85g, 35mm, 1h.
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 C. Boehringer, 'Hellenistischer Münzschatz aus Trapezund 1970' in Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau 54 (Bern, 1975);
Ex Sotheby's Auction, 9-10 March 1992, lot 27;
Ex Ordu (Cotyora) Hoard, 1970.