LYSIMACHUS SILVER TETRADRACHM – VERY RARE EARLY POSTHUMOUS ISSUE OF CYZICUS? – VF GREEK KINGDOM OF THRACE COIN (Inv. 20451)

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20451. KINGDOM OF THRACE. LYSIMACHUS, 305–281 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 16.81 g, 29 mm. Early posthumous issue of an unknown mint, perhaps Cyzicus, ca. 260-250 BC.
Obv. Head of deified Alexander the Great right, with the horn of Ammon. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛΥΣIMAXOΥ, Athena enthroned left, holding Nike crowning Lysimachus’ name, ΦIΛA control monogram in outer left field, ME monogram in exergue.
Thompson -; Mektepini Hoard 734 (same dies); Stack’s Coin Galleries, 9/10/2008, lot 66 (same dies but in worn state).
VF, scratch on obverse, extremely rare variety, none in market records except the Stack’s specimen cited above.