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THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (29mm, 16.85 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5. Lifetime issue of Samothrace, ca. 288/7-282/1 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon; dotted border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑXΟΥ, Athena enthroned left, Nike in right hand crowning royal name, left arm resting on shield decorated with lion head boss, transverse spear beyond; AIΩ monogram in inner left field, ΣIΩ monogram on throne, ram head left in exergue. Thompson -. Müller 129. Struck from high relief dies on toned flan with light golden red highlights.
Alexander the Great's meteoric 13-year career of conquest left the classical world profoundly transformed by the time of his premature death in 323 BC. In the immediate aftermath, Alexander's generals carved up his immense new empire into spheres of influence, although maintaining the fiction of a unified leadership. Territorial disputes soon led to civil wars, with the rival warlords contending for supreme power. Chief among these was Lysimachus, who at various times controlled Thrace, Macedon and much of Asia Minor. For the obverse of his silver his coinage, Lysimachus claimed the mantle of Alexander by choosing the image of the conqueror himself, now shown as a god wearing the ram's horn of the Greco-Egyptian deity Ammon. The image is one of the earliest true portraits to appear on a coin, and one of the finest. The reverse, depicting Athena enthroned, likewise proved extremely influential throughout history, forming the archetype for the figure of Britannia on modern English coins.
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Estimate: 1600-2400 USD
THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (29mm, 16.85 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5. Lifetime issue of Samothrace, ca. 288/7-282/1 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon; dotted border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑXΟΥ, Athena enthroned left, Nike in right hand crowning royal name, left arm resting on shield decorated with lion head boss, transverse spear beyond; AIΩ monogram in inner left field, ΣIΩ monogram on throne, ram head left in exergue. Thompson -. Müller 129. Struck from high relief dies on toned flan with light golden red highlights.
Alexander the Great's meteoric 13-year career of conquest left the classical world profoundly transformed by the time of his premature death in 323 BC. In the immediate aftermath, Alexander's generals carved up his immense new empire into spheres of influence, although maintaining the fiction of a unified leadership. Territorial disputes soon led to civil wars, with the rival warlords contending for supreme power. Chief among these was Lysimachus, who at various times controlled Thrace, Macedon and much of Asia Minor. For the obverse of his silver his coinage, Lysimachus claimed the mantle of Alexander by choosing the image of the conqueror himself, now shown as a god wearing the ram's horn of the Greco-Egyptian deity Ammon. The image is one of the earliest true portraits to appear on a coin, and one of the finest. The reverse, depicting Athena enthroned, likewise proved extremely influential throughout history, forming the archetype for the figure of Britannia on modern English coins.
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HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 1600-2400 USD