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Byzantion, Thrace, c. 270 - 260 B.C., Restoration of Lysimachos' Type, Portrait of Alexander the Great
Byzantion was founded by Greek colonists from Megara in 657 B.C. The city was rebuilt as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine I in 330 A.D. and renamed Constantinople. It became the capital of the Ottoman Empire when it was conquered in 1453. Today it is Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey, and the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. SH90221. Silver tetradrachm, Müller 524 (uncertain mint), Marinescu Issue 12, SNG Cop -, Black Sea Hoard -, Meydancikkale -, Mektepini -, VF, Byzantion (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 16.957g, maximum diameter 31.2mm, die axis 0o, c. 270 - 260 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Alexander the Great wearing the horn of Ammon; reverse Athena Nikephoros enthroned left, Nike crowning name in extended right hand, left arm rests on grounded round shield decorated with Gorgoneion, transverse spear against right side, BAΣIΛEΩΣ (king) downward on right, ΛYΣIMAXOY (Lysimachos) downward on left, AE monogram inner left; ex CNG auction 324, lot 21; SOLD
REFERENCES|
de Callataÿ, F. "Le monnayage d'argent au type d'Athéna Parthénos émis au nom des Ainianes" in Obolos 7.
Houghton, A. "The Seleucid Mint of Mallus And the Cult Figure of Athena Magarsia" in Studies Mildenberg.
Imhoof-Blumer, F. "Die Flügelgestalten der Athena und Nike auf Münzen" in NZ III (1871)., pp. 1 - 50.
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