CIUS SILVER TETRADRACHM – CIVIC ISSUE IN THE NAMES AND TYPES OF LYSIMACHUS – VF NGC GRADED GREEK BITHYNIA COIN (Inv. 19716)

$1,950.00

19716. BITHYNIA. CIUS. CIVIC ISSUE IN THE NAME AND TYPES OF KING LYSIMACHUS OF THRACE, ca. 280–250 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm of Lysimachus type, 16.96 g, 31 mm. Issue of ca. 260s–late 250s 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, club in outer left field, MYT monogram in left field, bow case and A– monogram in exergue.
Marinescu, “Lysimachi Coinage of Cius, Bithynia,” in Ex Nummis Lux, Studies in Ancient Numismatics in Honour of Dimitar Draganov (2017), issue 20, cf. no. 59 (obverse 22/unlisted reverse die).
NGC graded VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, attractive coin with golden toning around the devices on the obverse.