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Nomos 10

18 May 2015
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 1750 CHF
Hammer Price:  1500 CHF
Lot 20

KINGS OF THRACE. Lysimachos, 305-281 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 16.98 g, 8 h), Lysimacheia, probably early posthumous, c. 280-270. Diademed head of Alexander the Great to right with horn of Ammon over his ear. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left on throne, resting her left elbow on her shield and holding Nike crowning the king’s name in her outstretched right hand; behind, transverse spear; in outer left field, monogram; in inner left, lion’s head to left; in the exergue, K within a linear circle. Müller -, but cf. 47 for the same monograms but differently arranged. Thopmson -. Nicely toned and attracitve. Extremely fine.

Ex Vinchon, 14 March 1989, 98.

The reverses of the tetradrachm coinage of Lysimachos from Lysimacheia have one rather interesting particularity: Athena’s spear very seldom has a point! Normally she seems to be just holding a long pole, as if she were resting after having competed in the pole vault in some divine version of the Olympics. Or is it possible that the Thracian die cutters thought giving Athena a pointed spear might make her too dangerous?.

Online bidding closes: 18 May 2015, 11:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 18:37:09 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1500 CHF

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