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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Other Anatolia| > SH90220
Eastern Anatolia (Uncertain City), Mid 3rd Century B.C., Restoration of Lysimachos', Portrait of Alexander the Great
|Other| |Anatolia|, |Eastern| |Anatolia| |(Uncertain| |City),| |Mid| |3rd| |Century| |B.C.,| |Restoration| |of| |Lysimachos',| |Portrait| |of| |Alexander| |the| |Great|, The mint is uncertain. The ΜYP monogram in the exergue might indicate Myrina, Aeolis, but probably not as most monograms on Lysimachos type tetradrachms do not indicate the mint city.
SH90220. Silver tetradrachm, Not in the many references examined and no other examples known to Forum; Thompson -, Müller -, Marinescu -, SNG Cop -, SNG Berry -, et al. -, gVF, porosity, light scratches, uncertain mint, weight 16.994g, maximum diameter 33.2mm, die axis 0o, mid-3rd century B.C.; obverse diademed head of Alexander the Great wearing the horn of Ammon; reverse Athena 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, Φ inner left, MYP monogram in exergue; ex CNG auction 324, lot 29; possibly unique; SOLD










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