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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 7936381, member: 56859&quot;]Not finding that coin (the one from ACsearch) elsewhere.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a somewhat similar coin on Wildwinds, described as Athena on obverse and a &quot;trophy of arms resembling Athena reverse&quot;.&nbsp; Looks like the reference may be the same, although the description is different.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Wildwinds decription:&nbsp; Lysimachos, King of Thrace, AE23. Head of Athena right, wearing Phrygian helmet / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, trophy of arms resembling Athena standing left with spear and shield. Mueller pl. 2, 13; SNG Cop 1164. Sear SG 6818</p><p><br /></p><p>Two examples shown:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1372958[/ATTACH]</p><p>Lysimachos, King of Thrace, 323-281 BC. AE23. 7.28 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>Head of Athena right, wearing Phrygian helmet.</p><p>BASILEWS LYSIMAXOY, trophy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mueller pl. II,13; SNG Cop. 1164.</p><p><br /></p><p>With permission of cngcoins.com, auction 68, Lot 13, July 2003.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>and</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1372959[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 202. Closing Date: Sep 25,</p><p>2002.</p><p><br /></p><p>THRACE, Kings of. Lysimachos. 306-281 BC. Æ 22mm</p><p>(8.47 gm). Male head in peaked Phrygian helmet</p><p>right / Trophy. SNG Copenhagen 1164-1167. VF, VF,</p><p>flan crack and small punch on obverse, green and</p><p>brown patina. ($150)</p><p>From the David Freedman Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Copyright © CNG 2002</p><p><br /></p><p>Lot was unsold.</p><p><br /></p><p>Used by permission of Classical Numismatic Group, <a href="http://www.cngcoins.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com" rel="nofollow">www.cngcoins.com</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>---</p><p><br /></p><p>Still doesn&#039;t look quite right for your coin, which may have letters following the curve of the shield rather than vertically oriented legends.&nbsp; Hard to say though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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