Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 3308 Session 11 (9.30am Friday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $600
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $560
THRACE, Kingdom of, Lysimachus, (323-281 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.996 grams), Byzantium mint, unusual bust style, issued posthumously c.200 B.C., obv. head of Alexander to right, with diadem and horn of Ammon, rev. Athena enthroned to left, supporting Nike, spear behind, on throne letters BY, to left K/W monogram in field, to left **BASILEWS, to right **LUSIMAXOU, (cf.S.6814, cf.M.144, Thompson -, not in SNG's etc., cf.similar types in Mektepini Hoard 117-135). Good very fine, very rare, an unlisted and unpublished monogram type.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 60 (lot 1831) and CNG June 24, 1998, Sale 46 (lot 237), with collector ticket.
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Estimate $600
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