Lot 5000

Description

Thrace, Kingdom of, Lysimachos, (323-281 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.00 grams), Pergamon mint, style of that issued c.287 B.C., obv. head of Alexander to right, with diadem and horn of Ammon, within dotted border, rev. Athena enthroned to left, supporting Nike, to inner left a cult statue, to far left crescent, in exergue a **PA* monogram, to right **BASILEWS to left **LUSIMAXOU*, (cf.S.6814, cf.Thompson 220, Arnold-Biuchi 36 [dies of obv.6, rev. 22], SNG Cop. 1101 [same dies]). Well centred and with a very high relief, a fine eye, good fine and rare, the die combination known by two examples.

The Pergamon mint issues of Lysimachos are considered to have numismatically the finest of the artistic representations of portraiture of Alexander the Great.