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Stater - Lysimachos Kolophon
| Issuer | Kings of Thrace |
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| Year | 299 BC - 296 BC |
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| Value | Gold Stater (20) |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right, wearing a Attic-style crested helmet adorned with a prominent coiled serpent at the bowl and an elaborate plume falling to the left. The goddess's hair escapes beneath the helmet in fine engraved locks, and she wears a pearl necklace visible at the neck. The effigy is rendered in high relief with confident, idealized Hellenistic portraiture, filling the flan with no surrounding legend. |
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| Reverse description | Nike standing facing left in three-quarter view, her large wings spread behind her, dressed in a chiton and himation with finely engraved drapery folds. She extends her right arm forward to crown a trophy or mast with a wreath, while her left hand holds a ship's stylis or standard. To the left, the vertical legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ and below a monogram; to the right, the vertical legend ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ; a control mark K appears to the lower right of the central figure. The composition follows the Alexandrine Nike type, adapted for the coinage of Lysimachos. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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