Ancients THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AV stater

Ancients
THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AV stater (18mm, 8.47 gm, 6h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5. Posthumous issue of Byzantium, ca. 250-245 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena enthroned left, Nike in right hand crowning royal name, resting left elbow on grounded shield decorated with gorgoneion motif, transverse spear beyond; ΠΛ monogram in inner left field. Marinescu issue 39 var. (tetradrachm).

When Marinescu compiled his Columbia University dissertation research in 1996 for "Making and Spending Money along the Bosporus: the Lysimachi Coinages Minted by Byzantium and Chalcedon and their Socio-Cultural Context", he was unaware of any examples of issue 39 in gold. Since then, seven examples have surfaced, this specimen inclusive.

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