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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 7615786, member: 99456&quot;]Beautiful and impressive coins, [USER=119121]@MarcusAntonius[/USER], the drachms are also interesting:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1310878[/ATTACH]</p><p>Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm, Ephesos, circa 294-287 BC</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Diademed head of the deified Alexander the Great right, wearing horn of Ammon</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on rim of shield, transverse spear in background, E-Φ with bee between to inner left; BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, ΛYΣIMAXOY to left</p><p><b>Ref:</b><a href="https://archive.org/details/essaysingreekcoi0000unse/page/176/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/essaysingreekcoi0000unse/page/176/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">Thompson 168</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1313271[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ephesos chief output was drachms although some tetradrachms and staters were struck.&nbsp; Lysimachos captured Ephesos ~295 BC and renamed it Arsinoe after his wife.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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