THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (28mm, 17.07 gm, 9h). NGC Choice AU S 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Pergamum(?). Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon; dotted border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena seated left, Nike in right hand crowning name, left arm resting on grounded shield decorated with gorgoneion boss, transverse spear beyond; AP in tiny letters in exergue. Müller -. Thompson -. Seemingly unpublished and the only example in sales archives. Outstanding portrait of Alexander, struck in high relief. Light lavender toning. Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 3030 NYINC (6 January 2014), lot 23745; Gemini V (6 January 2009), lot 552; Robert O. Ebert Collection

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