THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (30mm, 17.11 gm, 10h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5, brushed. Aenus, ca. 280s-260s BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧOΥ, Athena seated left, Nike in right hand crowning royal name, resting left elbow on shield decorated with lion head boss, transverse spear beyond; palm branch in outer left field, enthroned cult image facing above in inner left field. Thompson -, cf. 257. Müller-, cf. 114. A rare type with shimmering fields and graceful style.

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