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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3521072, member: 91461"]Great pair of tets!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]934923[/ATTACH]</p><p>And she haS a Lot going on on the backside as well!!! Fascinating coin.</p><p>I'll always be a sucker for diadochi.</p><p>Great point about 281 BCE. At least it's a ways from 323 when ATG passed. Meaning they lived into it age.</p><p>I've always loved this tets image of Alexander via Lysimachos:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]934936[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Lysimachos</p><p>Kings of Thrace. Pella. 305-281 BC. Tetradrachm AR 27mm., 15,95g.</p><p>Head of the deified Alexander the Great to right, wearing diadem with fluttering ends and with the horn of Ammon around his ear / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena, wearing robes and helmet, seated to left on throne, holding Nike on her right hand and resting her left elbow on large round shield adorned with a gorgoneion; to left monogram. very fine. Thompson 253; Müller 471. From: Savoca</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's some bronzes of Lysi as well:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]934926[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Lysimachos</p><p>Kings of Thrace. Uncertain mint. 305-281 BC. AE (19mm, 3.75g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Lion leaping right, spearhead below. Müller 61; HGC 3, 1758.</p><p>Former: Kairos</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]934929[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Lysimacheia</p><p>The Thracian Chersonese. 309-221 BC. Bronze Æ 16mm., 4,02g. Head of Herakles right wearing lionskin headdress / Nike standing left, monogram in right field. nearly very fine Moushmov 5499 var.</p><p><br /></p><p>Though my tet that is seleukid, is from a hundred years later than yours(and hands down has got to be my most posted coin).. So I'll post a bronze:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]934937[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Seleukos I Nikator</p><p>312-281 BCE. Æ (15mm, 2.48 g,). Uncertain mint. Winged head of Medusa (though I still think this is the image of Alexander) right / Bull butting right; controls not visible.</p><p>Former SAVOCA coin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3521072, member: 91461"]Great pair of tets! [ATTACH=full]934923[/ATTACH] And she haS a Lot going on on the backside as well!!! Fascinating coin. I'll always be a sucker for diadochi. Great point about 281 BCE. At least it's a ways from 323 when ATG passed. Meaning they lived into it age. I've always loved this tets image of Alexander via Lysimachos: [ATTACH=full]934936[/ATTACH] Lysimachos Kings of Thrace. Pella. 305-281 BC. Tetradrachm AR 27mm., 15,95g. Head of the deified Alexander the Great to right, wearing diadem with fluttering ends and with the horn of Ammon around his ear / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena, wearing robes and helmet, seated to left on throne, holding Nike on her right hand and resting her left elbow on large round shield adorned with a gorgoneion; to left monogram. very fine. Thompson 253; Müller 471. From: Savoca Here's some bronzes of Lysi as well: [ATTACH=full]934926[/ATTACH] Lysimachos Kings of Thrace. Uncertain mint. 305-281 BC. AE (19mm, 3.75g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Lion leaping right, spearhead below. Müller 61; HGC 3, 1758. Former: Kairos [ATTACH=full]934929[/ATTACH] Lysimacheia The Thracian Chersonese. 309-221 BC. Bronze Æ 16mm., 4,02g. Head of Herakles right wearing lionskin headdress / Nike standing left, monogram in right field. nearly very fine Moushmov 5499 var. Though my tet that is seleukid, is from a hundred years later than yours(and hands down has got to be my most posted coin).. So I'll post a bronze: [ATTACH=full]934937[/ATTACH] Seleukos I Nikator 312-281 BCE. Æ (15mm, 2.48 g,). Uncertain mint. Winged head of Medusa (though I still think this is the image of Alexander) right / Bull butting right; controls not visible. Former SAVOCA coin[/QUOTE]
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