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THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (30mm, 17.00 gm, 1h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style. Pergamum, ca. 287/6-282 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon; K below, dotted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena seated left, Nike crowning royal name in outstretched right hand, resting left arm on grounded shield decorated with gorgoneion head boss, transverse spear in background; herm left in outer left field, archaic xoanon (cult image) facing in inner left field, ΞΩ monogram in exergue. Thompson, Essays Robinson, 220. Müller 294 (uncertain Thrace). Minted from fine dies on slate colored flan with golden toning.
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: 4000-6000 USD
THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (30mm, 17.00 gm, 1h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style. Pergamum, ca. 287/6-282 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon; K below, dotted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena seated left, Nike crowning royal name in outstretched right hand, resting left arm on grounded shield decorated with gorgoneion head boss, transverse spear in background; herm left in outer left field, archaic xoanon (cult image) facing in inner left field, ΞΩ monogram in exergue. Thompson, Essays Robinson, 220. Müller 294 (uncertain Thrace). Minted from fine dies on slate colored flan with golden toning.
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-30mm-1700-gm-1h-ngc-choice-au-5-5-3-5-fin/a/3094-34051.s?type=CoinArchives3094
HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 4000-6000 USD