Tetradrachm In the name of Lysimachus

Features

Issuer	Byzantion (Thrace)
Stated authority	Lysimachus (304 BC - 281 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	150 BC - 120 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	16.56 g
Diameter	32 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 555048
References	Marinescu# 476 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. , Müller Lysimachus# 228 Ludvig Müller; 1858. Die Münzen des Thracischen Königs Lysimachus = The Coins of the Thracian King Lysimachus. Imprimerie de Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, Denmark. , SNG Ashmolean# 3760 Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes). , CN type# 20769 Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/)

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Obverse

Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon.

Reverse

Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; monogram to inner left, BY on throne, ornamented trident in exergue.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ
ΒΥ

Mint

Byzantion, modern-day Istanbul, Turkey

Mark

Marinescu Issue 140

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (150 BC - 120 BC)

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