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Lysimachus' Ammon Alexander coin

04 November 2023
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Lysimachus' Ammon Alexander coin: Figure 1
Item:Tetradrachm
Issue:Lysimachus of Thrace
Mint:Magnesia
Material:Silver
Diameter:29.4 mm
Weight:17.0 g
Date:ca. 297/296-282 BCE
Obverse:Head of Alexander wearing the horns of the god Ammon.
Reverse:Athena seated facing left holding a sceptre in her left arm and a winged Nike in her extended right hand. Inscription to right and below.
Inscription:ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Basileos Lysimakhou, (=of King Lysimachus).
Accession #:OM: 462
Credit:Copyright Otago Museum, Dunedin
Obverse:
Alexander wearing horns of the god Ammon
Reverse:
Athena seated holding a sceptre
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