Watch List notes:

KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 16.84 g, 2h). Uncertain mint in northwest Asia Minor. Struck circa 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; kerykeion to inner left, monogram in exergue. Thompson –; Müller 110 var. (monogram); cf. HGC 3, 1750 (for type); CNG 114, lot 101 = CNG 88, lot 66 var. (monogram; same obv. die); Künker 347, lot 660 var. (same; same obv. die). Lightly toned, some weakness at high points, indications of undertype and minor die breaks on reverse. Near EF. Struck on a broad flan.

Struck from the same obverse die as the previous lot.

The kerykeion is a common symbol on Lysimachos' issues at Amphipolis, but elements of this coin are not consistent with the products of that mint. For one, the portrait style, particularly the short hair on the neck and the display of the diadem ties, is dissimilar to any of the published issues from Amphipolis, and is more consistent with the coins from one of Lysimachos' mints in western Asia Minor, such as Ephesos (cf. Meydancikkale 2659) or Alexandreia Troas (cf. Thompson pl. 20, 163). Also, on the issues at Amphipolis with kerykeion, the secondary controls are always placed in the outer right field, not the exergue, as on this coin.