Moesia, Istros AV Stater. In the name and types of Lysimachos of Thrace. Circa 150-110 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, resting arm on shield, transverse spear behind; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ crowned by Nike to left, monogram in inner left field, ΙΣ on throne, ornate trident in exergue. SNG Stancomb 204 (this coin); HGC 3.2, 1798 (same reverse die); Callataÿ 1997, –, cf. p. 139, D1/R1; AMNG I.1, –, cf. 487 (no monogram); Marinescu, Bosporos engraver O. 8.34g, 18mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Extremely Rare.

From the William Stancomb Collection; this coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000);
Acquired from Classical Numismatic Auctions, Quarryville PA, 1993.