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<p>[QUOTE="Agricantus, post: 4304188, member: 83465"]Excellent selection. The patina on the sestertius is fabulous!</p><p><br /></p><p>The ΛO monogram is intriguing. I have not seen it before. An <a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/thrace/kings/lysimachos/Unlisted_ARDrachm_01.txt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/thrace/kings/lysimachos/Unlisted_ARDrachm_01.txt" rel="nofollow">entry</a> on wildwinds says uncertain mint. Another one says Herakleia Pontika. All I have seen from HP was with the HP monogram.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=136718" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=136718" rel="nofollow">This one</a> is not exactly you r monogram but similar. It is attributed to Lysimacheia.</p><p><br /></p><p>there are a bunch of bronzes with the LO monogram attributed to Lysimacheia. <a href="https://www.biddr.com/auctions/nomos/browse?a=623&l=644088" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.biddr.com/auctions/nomos/browse?a=623&l=644088" rel="nofollow">Example</a></p><p><br /></p><p>in conclusion, if I were to choose something other than 'uncertain mint' I would choose Lysimacheia.</p><p><br /></p><p>if you have time, maybe Marinescu's research can shed more light:</p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/6997759/Constantin_A._Marinescu_-_Making_and_Spending_Money_Along_the_Bosporus_the_Lysimachi_Coinages_Minted_by_Byzantium_and_Chalcedon_and_their_Socio-Cultural_Context" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/6997759/Constantin_A._Marinescu_-_Making_and_Spending_Money_Along_the_Bosporus_the_Lysimachi_Coinages_Minted_by_Byzantium_and_Chalcedon_and_their_Socio-Cultural_Context" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/6997759/Constantin_A._Marinescu_-_Making_and_Spending_Money_Along_the_Bosporus_the_Lysimachi_Coinages_Minted_by_Byzantium_and_Chalcedon_and_their_Socio-Cultural_Context</a></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/6997759/Constantin_A._Marinescu_-_Making_and_Spending_Money_Along_the_Bosporus_the_Lysimachi_Coinages_Minted_by_Byzantium_and_Chalcedon_and_their_Socio-Cultural_Context" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/6997759/Constantin_A._Marinescu_-_Making_and_Spending_Money_Along_the_Bosporus_the_Lysimachi_Coinages_Minted_by_Byzantium_and_Chalcedon_and_their_Socio-Cultural_Context" rel="nofollow"></a></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/6997785/Constantin_A._Marinescu_-_Making_and_Spending_Money_Along_the_Bosporus_the_Lysimachi_Coinages_Minted_by_Byzantium_and_Chalcedon_and_their_Socio-Cultural_Context_-_High_Resolution_Plates" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/6997785/Constantin_A._Marinescu_-_Making_and_Spending_Money_Along_the_Bosporus_the_Lysimachi_Coinages_Minted_by_Byzantium_and_Chalcedon_and_their_Socio-Cultural_Context_-_High_Resolution_Plates" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/6997785/Constantin_A._Marinescu_-_Making_and_Spending_Money_Along_the_Bosporus_the_Lysimachi_Coinages_Minted_by_Byzantium_and_Chalcedon_and_their_Socio-Cultural_Context_-_High_Resolution_Plates</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Agricantus, post: 4304188, member: 83465"]Excellent selection. The patina on the sestertius is fabulous! The ΛO monogram is intriguing. I have not seen it before. An [URL='http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/thrace/kings/lysimachos/Unlisted_ARDrachm_01.txt']entry[/URL] on wildwinds says uncertain mint. Another one says Herakleia Pontika. All I have seen from HP was with the HP monogram. [URL='https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=136718']This one[/URL] is not exactly you r monogram but similar. It is attributed to Lysimacheia. there are a bunch of bronzes with the LO monogram attributed to Lysimacheia. [URL='https://www.biddr.com/auctions/nomos/browse?a=623&l=644088']Example[/URL] in conclusion, if I were to choose something other than 'uncertain mint' I would choose Lysimacheia. if you have time, maybe Marinescu's research can shed more light: [URL]https://www.academia.edu/6997759/Constantin_A._Marinescu_-_Making_and_Spending_Money_Along_the_Bosporus_the_Lysimachi_Coinages_Minted_by_Byzantium_and_Chalcedon_and_their_Socio-Cultural_Context[/URL] [URL='https://www.academia.edu/6997759/Constantin_A._Marinescu_-_Making_and_Spending_Money_Along_the_Bosporus_the_Lysimachi_Coinages_Minted_by_Byzantium_and_Chalcedon_and_their_Socio-Cultural_Context'][/URL] [URL]https://www.academia.edu/6997785/Constantin_A._Marinescu_-_Making_and_Spending_Money_Along_the_Bosporus_the_Lysimachi_Coinages_Minted_by_Byzantium_and_Chalcedon_and_their_Socio-Cultural_Context_-_High_Resolution_Plates[/URL][/QUOTE]
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