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Banner Artemide LVIII
Exceptional Hellenistic Portrait
Lot # 170
Continental Greece. Kings of Thrace. Lysimachos (305-281 BC). AR Tetradrachm, in the name and types of Lysimachos of Thrace, c. 260-late 250s BC. Kios mint (Bithynia). Obv. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon. Rev. Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background, club to outer left, monogram to inner left, bow-in-bowcase and monogram in exergue. Thompson –; Müller 413 (Erythrai mint); HGC 7, 555; Meydancikkale 2668. AR. 17.06 g. 31.00 mm. Lovely delicate warm patina, underlying luster. EF.