THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (30mm, 16.81 gm, 12h). NGC XF 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Posthumous issue of Uncertain Mint in Thrace, ca. 300-250 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon; dotted border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑXΟΥ, Athena enthroned left, Nike in right hand crowning name, left arm resting on shield decorated with lion head boss, transverse spear beyond; XAP monogram in inner left field, uncertain symbol (appears to be conjoined foreparts of two horses as on Müller 130-8 (Perinthus), but facing inward instead of outward) and ΞΩ monogram in exergue. Thompson -. Müller -, cf. 510 (same field monogram, Φ in exergue). Unpublished in the standard references. cf. Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 295, 30 January 2013, lot 215; one example in each of Paris (BN), Florence, and St. Petersburg (Hermitage) collections.

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