Tetradrachm In the name of Lysimachus

Features

Issuer	Byzantion (Thrace)
Stated authority	Lysimachus (304 BC - 281 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	175 BC - 150 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	16.75 g
Diameter	32 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 555051
References	Marinescu# 295-297 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# 216 Ludvig Müller; 1858. Die Münzen des Thracischen Königs Lysimachus = The Coins of the Thracian King Lysimachus. Imprimerie de Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Pozzi-Boutin# 2650 Serge Boutin; 1992. Catalogue des monnaies grecques antiques de l'ancienne collection Pozzi. Le Louis d'or, Monaco, Monaco (3 volumes). , CN type# 20768 Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/) , HGC 3.2# 1401 Oliver D. Hoover; 2017. Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors / Volume 3, Part 2. Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.

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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 below throne, ornate trident in exergue.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ
BY

Mint

Byzantion, modern-day Istanbul, Turkey

Mark

Marinescu Issue 110

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (175 BC - 150 BC)							$ 790

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Electronic Auction 500 Lot 112	22 Sep 2021	VF	USD 1100.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Solidus Numismatik Auction 20 Lot 32	21 Oct 2017	VF	USD 301.96 (EUR 260.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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