Lot 23
Thracian Kingdom. Lysimachos, 323-281 BC. Gold Stater (8.54 g), Pella mint, struck 286/5-282/1 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander right; horn of Ammon above ear. Reverse: Athena Nikephoros seated left, holding up Nike in extended hand, spear leaning against foot; monogram beneath arm, in exergue, K; letter on throne. Fr-127; Thompson 241; Jameson IV, no. 2464 (same dies). A few light marks on back. Sharp and finely centered. With excellent high relief portrait, and lustrous. NGC graded Choice About Uncirculated.
Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500.
Illustrated in Money of the World, coin 11.
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