THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (30mm, 17.46 gm, 1h). 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 seated left, Nike in right hand crowning royal name, resting left arm on shield decorated with gorgoneion boss, transverse spear beyond; Φ in outer left field, cult statue facing in inner left field, crescent left in exergue. Thompson 226. Müller 292. Extremely rare - only two examples found in sales archives. The Pergamum-mint Lysimachus tetradrachms of this series are regarded by many possessing as the finest of all numismatic portraits of Alexander the Great.

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