Ancient Gold
Lot 1985 Ancient Gold
Estimate $3,500
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THRACE, Kingdom of, Lysimachos, (323-281 B.C.), gold stater, (8.52 grams), Byzantium mint, posthumous issue c.205-195 B.C., obv. diademed head of Alexander the Great to right, wearing horn of Ammon, rev. Athena enthroned to left, holding Nike and resting left arm on shield, transverse spear resting against right side to right, to right **BASILEWS*, to left **LUSIMACOU*, lion's head to left in outer left field, trident below in exergue, (cf.S.6813, cf.Seyrig, `Monnaies de Byzance et de Calcedoine' [Essays to S.Robinson], No.7-10 [Plate 23]). Good very fine but virtually as struck, extremely rare and apparently unpublished for these marks.
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