Lot 1829

Description

Thrace, Kingdom of, Lysimachus, (323-281 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.136 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, [K] under bust but off flan, rev. Athena enthroned to left, supporting Nike, to left cult statue, in outer left field crescent, in exergue monogram of **PA*, to left **BASILEWS to right **LUSIMAXOU, (cf.S.6814, Thompson 222 var., Arnold-Biuchi 26 [dies of obv.7, rev.27], Leu sale 20, 25-6 April 1978 [lot 62 same dies]). Well centred and with a very high relief, extremely fine and very rare.

Ex. Spink & Son, London, September 1997. The Pergamon mint issues of Lysimachus are considered to have the finest of the artistic representations of portraiture of Alexander III.