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<p>[QUOTE="TheRed, post: 6367103, member: 87080"]What a great write-up [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER] I really enjoyed it. While I would love for the coin to depict Themistokles I also find the argument for it being Hephaestus convincing. I really wish I had one of these coins, let alone one of all of the types, in my collection, but don't have any. There is only one coin in my collection from Magnesia on the Maeander and it was struck roughly 200 years after your coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1252068[/ATTACH] </p><p><b><i>Lysimachos. </i></b>305-281 BC. AR Drachm Magnesia on the Maeander mint. 297-281 BC. 19mm, 4.26 g.</p><p>Obv: Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena.</p><p>Rev: Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; maeander pattern to outer left, monogram to inner left.</p><p>Thompson 117[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheRed, post: 6367103, member: 87080"]What a great write-up [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER] I really enjoyed it. While I would love for the coin to depict Themistokles I also find the argument for it being Hephaestus convincing. I really wish I had one of these coins, let alone one of all of the types, in my collection, but don't have any. There is only one coin in my collection from Magnesia on the Maeander and it was struck roughly 200 years after your coin. [ATTACH=full]1252068[/ATTACH] [B][I]Lysimachos. [/I][/B]305-281 BC. AR Drachm Magnesia on the Maeander mint. 297-281 BC. 19mm, 4.26 g. Obv: Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena. Rev: Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; maeander pattern to outer left, monogram to inner left. Thompson 117[/QUOTE]
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