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LOT 2667
Kings of Thrace. Macedonian, Lysimachos AR Drachm. 305-281 BC.
Kolophon mint. Struck circa 301/0-300/299 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in left field, forepart of lion left above crescent; pentagram beneath throne. Price 1842; Thompson 120; HGC 3, 1751d. Very Fine.(3.88gr, 18mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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