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Thrace. Lysimachos. Lampsakos. 297-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.99g, 1h). Thompson 59; Tradart 6.43 (this coin). Lightly toned. Struck on a broad flan with a portrait of particularly fine style. Choice extremely fine. From the Sadijas collection; former H.A. collection, Tradart 1991 (1) lot 76
No life-time coin portraits of Alexander are known, and the first coins bearing his effigy were minted at Alexandria shortly after his death. They are, however, surpassed by the expression, the power and the brilliance of the Alexander's heads on issues of Lysimachos struck in Northern Greece and Asia Minor of which our tetradrachm is an outstanding example. The ram horn alludes to Alexander's visit to the Ammon oracle in the oasis of Siwa, where the god allegedly greeted him as his son.
No life-time coin portraits of Alexander are known, and the first coins bearing his effigy were minted at Alexandria shortly after his death. They are, however, surpassed by the expression, the power and the brilliance of the Alexander's heads on issues of Lysimachos struck in Northern Greece and Asia Minor of which our tetradrachm is an outstanding example. The ram horn alludes to Alexander's visit to the Ammon oracle in the oasis of Siwa, where the god allegedly greeted him as his son.