LYSIMACHUS SILVER TETRADRACHM – RARE ISSUE OF CIUS WITH CONTROL MONOGRAM ON OBVERSE – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED GREEK BITHYNIA COIN (Inv. 18720)

$3,450.00

BITHYNIA. CIUS. Ca. 280-250 BC.
Silver tetradrachm of Lysimachus type, 16.98 g, 31 mm. Posthumous issue of Cius, ca. 270-260 BC.
Obv. Head of deified Alexander the Great right, with the horn of Ammon, EY control monogram below bust. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena enthroned left, holding Nike crowning Lysimachus’ name, club in outer left field, ΕΩ control monogram in left field, bow case and A- control monogram in exergue.
Marinescu, Cius, Issue 12, no. 44 (Obv. 15/Rev. 40). Total of coins listed for issue 12 is 7 pieces, this specimen not included.
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 5/4, Surface 3/5, “edge marks”. Extremely rare issue and exceptional in that it uses a control monogram on the OBVERSE of the coin, the only instance of such practice in all of Cius’ Lysimachi coinage.