GREEK COINS ITALY KINGDOM OF THRACE LYSIMACHUS, king 323-281 B.C. Tetradrachm, Heraclea, about 297-282. AR 16.43 g. Diademed head of deified Alexander the Great r. with horn of Ammon. Rev. BASILEWS - LUSIMACOU Athena seated l. on throne, wearing long chiton, himation and helmet, holding Nike crowning king's name on her extended r. hand, her l. arm resting on shield, spear leaning against r. shoulder; in exergue, club to l. M. Thompson, The Mints of Lysimachus, Essays Robinson 178, 177. Scarce mint. High relief. Surface on obv. slightly corroded. Good very fine Ex Münzenhandlung G. Kastner, Munich sale 10 (1976), 15.
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