Tetradrachm - Lysimachus Lysimacheia

Features

Issuer	Kings of Thrace
King	Lysimachus (304 BC - 281 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	297 BC - 281 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	16.93 g
Diameter	29 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 554467
References	Thompson Lysimachus# 15 Margaret Thompson; 1968. “The mints of Lysimachus”, Essays in Greek coinage, pages 163-182. , Müller Lysimachus# 57 Ludvig Müller; 1858. Die Münzen des Thracischen Königs Lysimachus = The Coins of the Thracian King Lysimachus. Imprimerie de Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Westmoreland# 58 Kenneth A. Sheedy; 2007. Alexander and the Hellenistic Kingdoms / Volume One: The Westmoreland Collection. Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Obverse

Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon.

Reverse

Athena Nikephoros seated left, arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; in inner left field, head of lion facing above monogram.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ
ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ

Mint

Lysimachia, Thracian Chersonesus, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (297 BC - 281 BC)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Triton XXIX Lot 89	13 Jan 2026	VF	USD 4750.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Ariadne Galleries (with Galerie des Monnaies), 9 December 1981, lot 129
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