KINGS OF THRACE. Lysimachos, 305-281 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 29 mm, 17.00 g, 12 h), Odessos (?). Diademed head of Alexander the Great to right with horn of Ammon over his ear. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left, holding Nike, crowning the king's name, in her right hand and leaning with her left arm on shield decorated with lion's head; behind, transverse spear; in inner left field, monogram of EY; below throne, monogram. Meydancikkale -. Müller -. Thompson -, cf. M. Thompson: The Armenak Hoard (IGCH 1423), in: ANSMN 31 (1986), p. 89, 952. Some marks and a flan fault on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.
Ex Leu Web Auction 20, 16 July 2022, 479 and previously from a German collection, formed in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Price realized | 850 CHF |
Starting price | 100 CHF |