Details
LOT 2619
Kings of Thrace. Lysimachos AE 20mm. Circa 306/5-301/0 BC.
Lysimacheia mint. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Lion leaping to right above spearhead to right; BAΣIΛEΩΣ above, ΛYΣIMAXOY below. SNG Copenhagen 1150; HGC 3.2, 1758. Near Very Fine.(4.89gr, 20mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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