BITHYNIA. Calchedon. Ca. mid-late 3rd century BC. AV stater (20mm, 8.53 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style, edge marks. Posthumous issue in the name and type of Lysimachus, ca. 260-230 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑXOΥ, Athena seated left, Nike in right hand crowning name, resting left arm on grounded shield decorated with ridges and gorgoneion head boss, transverse spear beyond; ΦΛ monogram in inner left field, grain stalk left as ground line. Müller -. Marinescu Issue 18, 43. SNG Fitzwilliam 1843. Crisp execution on bright flan. Highly detailed dies. Ex Numismatik Lanz, Auction 159 (8 December 2014), lot 203
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