LYSIMACHUS GOLD STATER – BEST OF 2 KNOWN SPECIMENS OF ALEXANDRIA TROAS LIFETIME ISSUE – XF NGC GRADED GREEK THRACE COIN (Inv. 17815)

$14,750.00

17815. KINGDOM OF THRACE. LYSIMACHUS, 305-281 BC.
Gold stater, 8.48 g, 18 mm. Lifetime emission of Alexandria Troas, ca. 297/6-282/1 BC.
Obv. Head of the deified Alexander the Great right, with the horn of Ammon. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena enthroned left, holding Nike crowning Lysimachus’ name, ΠY control in left field, EM control in exergue.
Thompson, 146; American Numismatic Society 1919.108.4 (https://numismatics.org/collection/1919.108.4, same obverse die).
Ex NAC 106, 5/9/2018, lot 1189 = Leu 7, 5/9/1973, 118.
NGC graded XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, exceedingly rare, one specimen in the ANS cited by Thompson, and this piece on CoinArchives, properly catalogued by NAC in 2018.