An unusual BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣMAXOY?

[mkalex]

I've seen quite a few of these on the internet, but not one exactly like this...
It is silver, heavy (in good shape) and 28mm in diameter.
I got it from my grandmother!

Any information would be helpful... i.e. is it worth anything?

[mkalex]

Hmm... I searched the Wildwinds DB for this, 100's of images, yet none are exactly like this.
Does it mean it's from a mint or a different era?

--MK

[areich]

It's not unusual to not find a particular combination of field marks/monograms. A nice and genuine coin and certainly worth something though the general type is by no means rare. I don't know if yours may be a rare variant but that rarely influences the value significantly. Generally discussion of values and prices here is frowned upon.

Here's a very similar one:
http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=570706

[mkalex]

Thanks Areich,

You are amazing!
This one is the closet I've yet to see!
The only differences being the hair on Alexander's neck... and on the flip side, my Nike is raised just a bit higher and has a bit more detail. The "M" near Athena's knee is a bit different as well. Even the glyphs at her feet are very similar, though they remain a mystery to me.

Thanks again,
--MK

[rover1.3]

Your coin is a posthumous issue of Kios (Bithynia), in the name and types of Lysimachos.
What follows is another example of the same variety.  (same symbols and monograms)

KINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos. 323-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.99 gm). Kios mint. Struck after 281 BC. Head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BASILEWS LUSIMACOU, Athena seated left, holding Nike in her extended right hand, left arm leaning on her shield; club in outter left field, monogram in inner left field, bow in bowcase and AG monogram in exergue. Meydancikkale 2668; SNG Berry 451; Müller -
(CNG)

...This one is the closet I've yet to see!
The only differences being the hair on Alexander's neck... and on the flip side, my Nike is raised just a bit higher and has a bit more detail...

Keep in mind that such minor differences in style between coins of the same type and emission are normal. The many different dies were hand made by a variety of artists.

[mkalex]

Thank you Rover,

This is exactly it!

--MK