LYSIMACHUS SILVER TETRADRACHM – LIFETIME ISSUE OF LAMPSACUS – AU FINE STYLE NGC GRADED GREEK THRACE COIN (Inv. 20060)

$4,700.00

20060. KINGDOM OF THRACE. LYSIMACHUS, 305–281 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 16.95 g, 31 mm. Lifetime issue of Lampsacus, ca. 297–281 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, K above crescent in inner left field.
Thompson 60; Müller 396; HGC 3, 1750b.
NGC graded AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, “FINE STYLE,” traces of another symbol in outer left field, perhaps the Pegasus forepart of Thompson 51. A spectacular specimen, with a remarkably expressive portrait of Alexander, showing golden iridescent highlights around the devices.