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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 8167000, member: 99456"]I am sharing this tetradrachm of Lysimachos in hopes that someone might be able to point me in the right direction on mint. I don't find any other examples of this exact set of controls in ACSearch. Although some surface roughness shows up in the magnified image, in hand it is quite a nice coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426149[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Kings of Thrace, Lysimachus </b>(305-281 BC), AR tetradrachm, <span style="color: #006600"><b>Lampsacus</b></span>, ca. 297-281 BC</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Athena enthroned left, Nike in outstretched right hand crowning royal name, resting left arm on grounded shield decorated with gorgoneion boss, transverse spear beyond; K in outer left field, ΔΞ monogram in inner left field</p><p><b>Note: </b>I have not yet found a reference to this control combination of K in outer left f, ΔΞ monogram in inner left field - the monogram is found on coins that <a href="https://archive.org/details/essaysingreekcoi0000unse/page/174/mode/2up?view=theater" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/essaysingreekcoi0000unse/page/174/mode/2up?view=theater" rel="nofollow">M. Thompson associates with Magnesia</a>.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Edit: </b>Thanks to [USER=79017]@Andres2[/USER] for the answer.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>BTW : post any coins of Lysimachos - or anything else you find interesting or entertaining. My notes on this and other related coins are here: <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/lysimachos-pergamon-and-cistophori" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/lysimachos-pergamon-and-cistophori" rel="nofollow"><font size="4"><b>Lysimachos, Pergamon and Cistophori</b></font></a></b></p><p><b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 8167000, member: 99456"]I am sharing this tetradrachm of Lysimachos in hopes that someone might be able to point me in the right direction on mint. I don't find any other examples of this exact set of controls in ACSearch. Although some surface roughness shows up in the magnified image, in hand it is quite a nice coin. [ATTACH=full]1426149[/ATTACH] [B]Kings of Thrace, Lysimachus [/B](305-281 BC), AR tetradrachm, [COLOR=#006600][B]Lampsacus[/B][/COLOR], ca. 297-281 BC [B]Obv:[/B] Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ [B]Rev:[/B] Athena enthroned left, Nike in outstretched right hand crowning royal name, resting left arm on grounded shield decorated with gorgoneion boss, transverse spear beyond; K in outer left field, ΔΞ monogram in inner left field [B]Note: [/B]I have not yet found a reference to this control combination of K in outer left f, ΔΞ monogram in inner left field - the monogram is found on coins that [URL='https://archive.org/details/essaysingreekcoi0000unse/page/174/mode/2up?view=theater']M. Thompson associates with Magnesia[/URL]. [B] Edit: [/B]Thanks to [USER=79017]@Andres2[/USER] for the answer. [B] BTW : post any coins of Lysimachos - or anything else you find interesting or entertaining. My notes on this and other related coins are here: [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/lysimachos-pergamon-and-cistophori'][SIZE=4][B]Lysimachos, Pergamon and Cistophori[/B][/SIZE][/URL] [/B][/QUOTE]
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