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Tetradrachm - Lysimachus Mytilene
| Issuer | Kings of Thrace |
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| Year | 294 BC - 290 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed head of the deified Alexander the Great facing right, depicted with the ram's horn of Ammon curling behind his ear, a divine attribute identifying him with Zeus-Ammon. The hair is rendered in voluminous, flowing locks swept back from the forehead in characteristic Hellenistic style, falling in thick waves to the neck. The portraiture is of high artistic quality, displaying the idealized yet individualized features associated with posthumous representations of Alexander on the coinage of his Successors. The field is plain, and no legend appears on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | Athena Nikephoros seated left on a throne, wearing a crested Attic helmet, chiton, and aegis, her left arm resting on a large round shield decorated with a lion's head boss. She extends her right hand to receive a small Nike figure who crowns her; a spear leans against her left shoulder. In the lower field to the left, a lyre serves as a mint control symbol. The legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to the right and ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ to the left frames the central type, identifying the coin as an issue of King Lysimachus of Thrace. |
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| Edge | Plain (irregular) |
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