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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Claudius 11, post: 4430911, member: 111062&quot;]The time has come the Walrus said,</p><p>To talk of many things,</p><p>Of shoes---And ships---And sealing-wax,</p><p>Of cabbages---And KINGS.</p><p><br /></p><p>We can of coarse say the coin was issued by Lysimachus the first King of Thrace and successor to Alexander the Great.</p><p><br /></p><p>What the dealler wrote :-</p><p>Thrace Kings Lysimachus (306-281 BC ) AE</p><p>Head of Athena right wearing crested attic helmet</p><p>Basileos--Ayeimaxoy lion leaping right below monogram between kerykeion and spearhead</p><p>4.7g</p><p>Two things to note he did not mention the Obv: was countermarked and Rev: when he mentioned the word kerykeion ( had to look it up ) winged staff adopted by the medical profession i cannot see it anywhere must be microscopic. The only other thing i can add it is 20/22mm and it does weigh 4.7g but i don`t know the denomination. When i wrote it was minted in the town of Amphipolis i think the info came from a French site when it comes to being Official i think it is really the link shanxi gave second one down and i feel the position of the spearhead is very important the link M.M gave very nice and worth a read and in the imitations shown the spearhead is all over the place as with others i have seen. Regarding the countermark i think i have seen the same or similar on blobs of silver you call staters not much more i can really add.</p><p>Now it`s over to you the Experts hoping you will share your thoughts remember there are newbies comming into the hobby and they also would like to learn.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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