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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheRed, post: 2832478, member: 87080&quot;]After reading the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/is-this-what-alexander-the-great-looked-like-a-diadochi-tetradrachm.294408/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/is-this-what-alexander-the-great-looked-like-a-diadochi-tetradrachm.294408/">great post</a> on Lysimachus that Curtisimo wrote back in April, I really wanted to pick up one of the coins Lysimachus with the deified portrait of Alexander. </p><p>When I saw this coin at auction the obverse really caught my eye and I decided to have a go at it.&nbsp; Needless to say, I was pleased to win. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]667948[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Lysimachus AR Drachm </b>305-281 B.C. Magnesia on the Maeander mint (19mm, 4.26 g, 12h) Struck circa 297/6-282/1 BC.</p><p>Obv: Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon.</p><p>Rev: Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; maeander pattern to outer left, monogram to inner left. Deposit on reverse.</p><p>Thompson 117</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to add and coins of Lysimachus, the Diadochi, or coins that you were inspired to purchased by members of CoinTalk.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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