Lysimachus' Ammon Alexander coin
04 November 2023
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Lysimachus' Ammon Alexander coin: Figure 1
Item: | Tetradrachm |
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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 |