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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayAg47, post: 5277797, member: 112342&quot;]Alexander III drachm issued by Lysimachus from the kingdom of Thrace, 305-281 BC. I got this as an unattributed coin, the odd positioning of Zeus&#039;s&nbsp; leg which is neither crossed, nor straight only made it harder to pinpoint the variety. To be honest I never heard of the name Lysimachus until last week, I thought It was a place at first!!</p><p>First step in tracing the coin- Typing in the terms &#039;spread&#039; &#039;wide&#039; legged Zeus,- totally unhelpful!</p><p>Second step- using the forepart of the lion as a lead, not much help either.</p><p>Third step- typing in pentagram (I simply used the term &#039;star&#039; which didn&#039;t help me at first) along with the forepart of lion, which definitely narrowed it down! But, I still can not find this particular type with &#039;wide&#039; legged Zeus, however I pinned it to Lysimachus, (as most other coins of his also included the word BAΣIΛEΩΣ under the throne).</p><p>After some tiring search on the net, going through various sites, online auctions, etc, I came across this coin from the <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4162545-006/NGCAncients/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4162545-006/NGCAncients/" rel="nofollow">NGC</a>, and all the points perfectly matched, both on the obverse and the reverse, I even found out there&#039;s a letter Φ under the lion, although very worn in my coin.</p><p>Yet, I still can not find the proper reference for the coin!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1220963[/ATTACH]</p><p>So yeah, and sorry for the long read!</p><p>Next, post a drachm of Alexander III by Lysimachus that resembles mine as close as possible![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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