THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (31mm, 16.96 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Pergamum, ca. 297-281 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon; signed by the artist "K" below, dotted border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena enthroned left, Nike standing left in outstretched right hand, resting left arm on shield decorated with a lion-head boss, transverse spear beyond; cult statue standing facing in inner left field, crescent left in outer left field, EΠ monogram in exergue. Thompson 224. Müller -. High-relief obverse with exceptionally crisp and attractive reverse. Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 3068 Hong Kong (6 December 2108), lot 30011 The K-signed dies of the Pergamum Lysimachus tetradrachms are regarded by many as possessing the finest of all numismatic portraits of Alexander the Great. According to H.A. Cahn ("Frühhellenistiche Münzkunst, Kleine Schriften zur Münzkunde und Archäologie", Basel 1975, p. 121-126), this engraver may have been the same who designed, for the same mint, the dies of the famous portrait of Seleucus I on the silver tetradrachms of Philetaerus. HID09801242017 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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