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 | 16.89 g |
| Diameter | 34 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 557727 |
| References | Marinescu# 580-586 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.Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/) |
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, TurkeyMark
 |
Marinescu Issue 158 |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (150 BC - 120 BC) | |
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$ 410 | ||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 95
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Examples of the type
© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b85766910
34 mm • 16.89 g • ↑↑ 12h
34 mm • 16.89 g • ↑↑ 12h
Marinescu 585.1
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Leu Numismatik Web Auction 30 Lot 225 
|
13 Jul 2024 | VF |
USD 514.93
(CHF 410.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Leu Numismatik | |||||
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Künker Auction 326 Lot 682
|
7 Oct 2019 | VF |
USD 230.46
(EUR 200.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Ex H. G. Oldenburg 2, Hamburg 1980, No. 63 = Marinescu 580.1 |
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| © Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg | |||||
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