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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2255261, member: 56859&quot;]Huh.&nbsp; That coin is more interesting than I realized.&nbsp; It was indeed issued by Lysimachos while he was satrap and that <i>is</i> a the forepart of a lion under the horse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]446851[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Compare:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=145165" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=145165" rel="nofollow">http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=145165</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://cngcoins.com/photos/big/2140070.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>KINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos. As Satrap, 323-305 BC. Æ Unit (17mm, 4.57 g, 3h). Lysimacheia mint. Struck under Kassander, circa 317-305 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Horseman riding right; below, ΛY and lion forepart right. Thompson 2; Price P4 (Philip III). VF, olive green patina with earthen highlights. Rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>Google Translation of part of the description of the coin chrsmat linked from acsearch:</p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze chronologically very important and could be the inaugural issue of Lysimachia workshop between 306/305 and 301/300 BC This type could have been hit so qu&#039;Antiogone Borgne disputed region Lysimachus.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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