Unpublished Gold Stater of King Lysimachos
62
Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachos (323-281 BC), ���� ������� ����� ��������� ����� ������� ����������
Gold Stater, 8.4g. Uncertain mint, perhaps Kalchedon.
Early Posthumous issue, c.281-225 BC. ���� �� ��������� ��� ����� ������ ������ ��������� ������� ����
Head of Alexander the Great facing right, diademed, wearing horn
of Ammon. ����
Rev.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ
[
Σ
]
ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ
, Athena enthroned left, holding Nike and resting elbow on
shield at side, behind her rests a spear, monogram in inner left field (cf Müller 465, otherwise seemingly
unpublished). Excellent fine style, extremely fine.
Very rare.
$ 7,000
63
Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachos (323-281 BC), Gold Stater, 8.31g, 11h. Mint of Kalchedon. Posthumous
issue, struck c.205-195 BC. Head of Alexander the Great facing right, diademed, and with horn of Ammon.
Rev.
BA
ΣI
ΛEΩ
Σ /
ΛY
ΣIMAXOY
, Athena, helmeted, enthroned left, holding Nike in her outstretched right
hand and resting her left elbow on a shield at her side, behind her rests a spear, Φ in inner left field, a bull
butting to left in the exergue (Seyrig, “
Monnaies Hellénistiques de Byzance et de Calcédoine
” in Essays to
Robinson, pl. 25, 25 (these dies); Thompson, in Essays to Robinson -; Müller 358). Of fine style, lightly toned
over residual lustre, nearly extremely fine.
Rare
.
$ 3,000
64
Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachos (323-281 BC), Gold Stater, 8.30g, 12h. Mint of Kallatis. Posthumous issue,
struck during the first Mithradatic War, c.88-86 BC. Head of Alexander the Great facing right, diademed,
wearing horn of Ammon. Rev.
BA
ΣI
ΛEΩ
Σ /
ΛY
Σ
IMAXOY
, Athena Nikephoros seated left, holding Nike and
resting on a shield at her side, behind her rests a spear, a monogram on left,
KAΛ
on throne, a trident to left
in exergue (Müller 266; SNG Copenhagen 1089). Residual lustre, extremely fine.
$ 2,000
65
Macedon, Neapolis (late 5
th
to early 4
th
century BC), Silver Hemidrachm, 1.84g, 12h. Gorgoneion facing. Rev.
N-E
/ Π-O
, head of nymph facing right (SNG ANS 430). Well-centred, cabinet tone, good very fine.
$ 200
