THRACE. Byzantion. Countermarked on a Drachm of Lysimachos (305-281 BC) in the name and types of Alexander III 'the Great'.
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; c/m: prow of galley right, ΠY above, within circular incuse.
Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY.
Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: In left field, head of lion left above crescent; [pentagram below throne].
Cf. Price 1832 (for undertype).
Condition: C/m Very fine.
Weight: 4.06 g.
Diameter: 18 mm.
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; c/m: prow of galley right, ΠY above, within circular incuse.
Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY.
Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: In left field, head of lion left above crescent; [pentagram below throne].
Cf. Price 1832 (for undertype).
Condition: C/m Very fine.
Weight: 4.06 g.
Diameter: 18 mm.
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