Stater In the name of Lysimachus
Features
| Issuer |
Kalchedon
(Bithynia)  |
|---|---|
| Stated authority |
Lysimachus (304 BC - 281 BC)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 215 BC - 200 BC |
| Value | Gold Stater (20) |
| Currency | Attic drachm |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 8.45 g |
| Diameter | 19 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 554600 |
| References | Marinescu# 76-78 Constantin A. Marinescu; 1996. Making and Spending Money Along the Bosporus: The Lysimachi Coinages Minted by Byzantium and Chalcedon and their Socio-Cultural Context. New York City, New York, United States. Ludvig Müller; 1858. Die Münzen des Thracischen Königs Lysimachus = The Coins of the Thracian King Lysimachus. Imprimerie de Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, Denmark. Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia / Volume 7: Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos): Fifth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Diademed head of Alexander the Great with Ammon horn, facing right.
Reverse
Athena enthroned left, left arm resting on shield, holding Nike in right hand, diagonal spear behind. In inner left field, monogram. In exergue, ΖΩΠΥ.
Script: Greek
Lettering:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ
ΖΩΠΥ
Mint
Calchedon, Bithynia, modern-day Kadıköy, TurkeySee also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (215 BC - 200 BC) | 
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$ 3300 | |||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 100
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
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Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Ira & Larry GoldbergAuction 110 Lot 1618 
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4 Jun 2019 | AU |
USD 3200.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctioneers | |||||
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Gemini Auction VII Lot 312
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9 Jan 2011 | AU |
USD 3500.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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Ex CNG XXVIII, 8 December 1993, lot 80 |
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| © Gemini Numismatic Auctions LLC | |||||
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CNG Triton XXVIII Lot 252
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14 Jan 2025 | VF |
USD 4250.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. | |||||
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Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Gorny & MoschAuction 265 Lot 177
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14 Oct 2019 | VF | Unsold | |
| © Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung | |||||
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Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 56 Lot 55
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6 Aug 2017 | VF | Unsold | |
| © Numismatik Naumann GmbH | |||||
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