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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4287045, member: 85693"]The green one on the bottom row left is, I think, a Celtic imitation of a "lion" issue of Lysimachos. There is a very interesting article by Reid Goldsborough on these: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://rg.ancients.info/lion/lysimachos.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rg.ancients.info/lion/lysimachos.html" rel="nofollow">http://rg.ancients.info/lion/lysimachos.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I was researching these a while ago because I have a countermarked version. This coin also came from a big, unattributed lot, by the way:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1091201[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Lysimachos (Thrace) Imitation</b></p><p><b>Countermarked for Odessos </b></p><p><b>(c. 297-250 B.C.)</b></p><p>Helmeted head of Athena (youth?) right / Blundered legend, lion leaping right, spearhead below. </p><p><b>Countermark:</b> River god (Odessos/Theos Megas) reclining left, Δ below, 9 x 7 mm oval, obv.</p><p>(4.04 grams / 18 mm)</p><p>eBay Nov. 2019 Lot @ $2.20</p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>Attribution: </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Online sources were confusing:</p><p><br /></p><p>Cf. Müller 61-2 for prototype.</p><p>cf.SNG.Cop.1149ff.</p><p>SNG Copenhagen 1153; Winterthur 1329[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4287045, member: 85693"]The green one on the bottom row left is, I think, a Celtic imitation of a "lion" issue of Lysimachos. There is a very interesting article by Reid Goldsborough on these: [URL]http://rg.ancients.info/lion/lysimachos.html[/URL] I was researching these a while ago because I have a countermarked version. This coin also came from a big, unattributed lot, by the way: [ATTACH=full]1091201[/ATTACH] [B]Lysimachos (Thrace) Imitation Countermarked for Odessos (c. 297-250 B.C.)[/B] Helmeted head of Athena (youth?) right / Blundered legend, lion leaping right, spearhead below. [B]Countermark:[/B] River god (Odessos/Theos Megas) reclining left, Δ below, 9 x 7 mm oval, obv. (4.04 grams / 18 mm) eBay Nov. 2019 Lot @ $2.20 [B] Attribution: [/B] Online sources were confusing: Cf. Müller 61-2 for prototype. cf.SNG.Cop.1149ff. SNG Copenhagen 1153; Winterthur 1329[/QUOTE]
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