LYSIMACHUS SILVER FOURREE TETRADRACHM – ANCIENT FORGERY IMITATING ISSUE OF AMPHIPOLIS – VF GREEK KINGDOM OF THRACE COIN (inv. 19259)

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19259. KINGDOM OF THRACE. LYSIMACHUS, 305–281 BC.
Silver plated “fourrée” Tetradrachm, 13.69 g, 28 mm. Ancient forgery imitating an issue of Amphipolis, ca. 288–281 BC.
Obv. Head of deified Alexander the Great right, with the horn of Ammon. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ [Λ]ΥΣΙΜΑXΟΥ, Athena enthroned left, holding Nike crowning Lysimachus’ name, ΠYTΩ control monogram in left field, XAE monogram in outer right field.
Thompson 210; Müller 536.
VF, silver plating cracked at several points to reveal the bronze core. Rare, presumably near contemporaneous with the lifetime Amphipolis issue on which it is based.