LYSIMACHUS GOLD STATER – RARE ISSUE OF ALEXANDRIA TROAS PUBLISHED BY MEADOWS – CHOICE VF FINE STYLE NGC GRADED GREEK THRACE COIN (Inv. 20073)

$7,800.00

20073. KINGDOM OF THRACE. LYSIMACHUS, 305–281 BC.
Gold Stater, 8.50 g, 17 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 monogram in left field, EM control monogram in exergue.
Andrew Meadows, “The Earliest Coinage of Alexandria Troas,” Numismatic Chronicle 2004, 43b, dies A10/P27 [this coin cited]; Thompson, 146 = American Numismatic Society 1919.108.4 (same dies); Rhousopoulos 696 (same dies); HGC 3, 1743e.
Ex Lanz 34, 11/25/1985, lot 118.
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, FINE STYLE, “brushed,” “marks,” Meadows’ publication data note on label. Extremely rare, Meadows lists five specimens including this one and there is only one other piece (in lesser grade) listed on CoinArchives.