Tetradrachm In the name of Lysimachus
Features
| Issuer |
Kalchedon
(Bithynia)  |
|---|---|
| Stated authority |
Lysimachus (304 BC - 281 BC)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 175 BC - 150 BC |
| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
| Currency | Attic drachm |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 15.9 g |
| Diameter | 31 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 555093 |
| References | Marinescu# 150 var. Constantin A. Marinescu; 1996. Making and Spending Money Along the Bosporus: The Lysimachi Coinages Minted by Byzantium and Chalcedon and their Socio-Cultural Context. New York City, New York, United States. Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia / Volume 7: Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos): Fifth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon.
Reverse
Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; ΑΠΟΛΛΑ to inner left; ear of wheat and ΚΑΛΧΑ in the exergue.
Script: Greek
Lettering:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟY
ΑΠΟΛΛΑ
ΚΑΛΧΑ
Mint
Calchedon, Bithynia, modern-day Kadıköy, TurkeyComments
Marinescu issue issue 72, 150 var. (ΑΠΟΛ, not ΑΠΟΛΛΑ).
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (175 BC - 150 BC) | 
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Numista Rarity index: 100
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Roma Numismatics E-Sale 70 Lot 183 
|
7 May 2020 | VF |
USD 2019.69
(GBP 1500.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Ex Glendining & Co. Ltd., 7-8 July 1979, lot 39 |
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