LYSIMACHUS SILVER TETRADRACHM – RARE POSTHUMOUS ISSUE OF CHALCEDON – AU NGC GRADED GREEK BITHYNIA COIN (Inv. 21364).

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21364. BITHYNIA. CHALCEDON. CIVIC ISSUE IN THE NAME AND TYPES OF KING LYSIMACHUS OF THRACE, ca. 250–200 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm of Lysimachus type, 15.58 g, 32 mm. Issue of ca. 225–220 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, AB control monogram in left field.
Marinescu, Making and Spending Money along the Bosporus: the Lysimachi Coinages Minted by Byzantium and Chalcedon and their Socio-Cultural Context (Columbia University Dissertation, 1996), Issue 41, cf. cat. no. 92 (O41/R new, a new die combination for the issue).
Ex Vilmar Numismatics inv. 8014 (2014) = Roma E-Sale 4, 12/28/2013, 231.
NGC AU, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, rare issue, Marinescu cited only three specimens in 1996 from one die pairing but since then two other die combinations have been identified, including this one.