LYSIMACHUS SILVER TETRADRACHM – LIFETIME ISSUE OF ABYDUS UNKNOWN TO THOMPSON – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED GREEK THRACE COIN (Inv. 19496)

$1,800.00

19496. KINGDOM OF THRACE. LYSIMACHUS, 305–281 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 17.06 g, 29 mm. Lifetime issue of Abydus, ca. 297/6–282/1 BC.
Obv. Head of deified Alexander the Great right, with the horn of Ammon. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑXΟΥ, Athena enthroned left, holding Nike crowning Lysimachus’ name, ΠYTΩ control monogram in left field, X control below throne.
Thompson unlisted, but cf. Thompson 72 (same obverse die, reverse with ΠYTΩ control and griffin’s head) and 73 (with the same controls and griffin’s head in a different arrangement = ANS 1944.100.45420).
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5.