Lot 2084

Description

Thrace, Kings of, Lysimachos, (305-281 B.C.), silver drachm, (4.28 g), issued in the name and type of Alexander III of Macedon, Kolophon Mint, struck c.299/8 - 297/6 BC. obv. head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin rev. Zeus Aetophoros seated left, forepart of lion left above crescent, pentagram below throne, in right field **BASILEWS*, in left field **LUSIMACO[U]* (cf.S.6812, Thompson 127, Price L28, Muller 20, HGC 3, 1752e, CNG -413, lot 6 (same dies), Leu Numismatik E-5, lot 98 (same dies), Nomos 15, lot 46 [same dies]). Lightly toned, nearly extremely fine, extremely rare example with royal title to left and crescent facing right, only the Nomos piece published.

Ex Anthony "Tony" Taylor Collection.^CNG Auction 440, lot 27.^^All published examples of the issue Thompson 127, save for the Nomos and CNG coins, have the royal title in the exergue, which was canonical for Alexander types in the name of Lysimachos. In addition, the crescent here faces right, instead of the usual left. (per CNG)