| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Hong Kong Signature Sale 3111 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 36012 Price realized: 9,500 USD (Approx. 8,823 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (33mm, 16.92 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU★ 4/5 - 4/5, Fine Style, die shift. Uncertain (Bithynian?) mint, ca. 260-250 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon; H (engraver's signature) below, dotted border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena seated left, Nike standing left in outstretched right hand, left arm resting on grounded shield with lion head boss, transverse spear beyond; ME monogram in outer left field, ΠA monogram in exergue. Thompson -. Müller -. Breathtaking portrait in high relief, further accentuated with areas of golden toning. Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 3100 (8 July 2022), lot 35007; Heritage Auctions, Auction 3089 NYINC (22 January 2021), lot 32046. Same obverse as Marinescu, Cius, Issues V and VI, obverse B, pp. 213-214, but here coupled with a different control monogram combination which is possibly unpublished. Marinescu ("The Lysimachi Coinage of Cius, Bithynia" in D. Boteva, ed., Ex nummis lux: Studies in Ancient Numismatics in Honor of Dimitar Draganov (Sofia, 2017)) noted a close association of these emissions to Cius, and suggested they are from an uncertain mint in Bithynia. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-thracian-kingdom-lysimachus-305-281-bc-ar-tetradrachm-33mm-1692-gm-12h-ngc-choice-auand-9733-4-5-/a/3111-36012.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3111-12092023 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 10000-11000 USD |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > CSNS Signature Sale 3115 | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 32066 Price realized: 1,700 USD (Approx. 1,582 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (28mm, 17.14 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5, brushed. Uncertain mint. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon; dotted border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena seated left, Nike standing left in outstretched right hand, left arm resting on grounded shield decorated with lion boss, transverse spear beyond; MΦ monogram in inner left field, AP monogram on throne. Thompson -. Müller -. HGC 3.2, 1750. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-thracian-kingdom-lysimachus-305-281-bc-ar-tetradrachm-28mm-1714-gm-12h-ngc-choice-au-4-5-3-5-br/a/3115-32066.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3115-05082024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61375 | Auction date: 20 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 25052 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: Ancients THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (29mm, 16.81 gm, 12h). NGC XF 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Posthumous issue of Uncertain Mint in Thrace, ca. 300-250 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon; dotted border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑXΟΥ, Athena enthroned left, Nike standing left in right hand, left arm resting on shield decorated with lion head boss, transverse spear beyond; XAP monogram in inner left field, uncertain symbol (appears to be conjoined foreparts of two horses as on Müller 130-138 (Perinthus), but facing inward instead of outward) and ΞΩ monogram in exergue. Unpublished in the standard references. Thompson -. Müller -, cf. 510 (same field monogram, Φ in exergue). HGC 3.II 1750. Cf. Classical Numismatic Group, E-Auction 295, 215; one example in each of Paris (BN), Florence, and St. Petersburg (Hermitage) collections. With surfaces aglow and toning that gently caresses each detail, this coin stands as a testament to the artistry of its creation. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-thracian-kingdom-lysimachus-305-281-bc-ar-tetradrachm-29mm-1681-gm-12h-ngc-xf-5-5-4-5-fine-styl/a/61375-25052.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61375-05202024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61365 | Auction date: 10 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 22234 Price realized: 320 USD (Approx. 293 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR drachm (17mm, 4.32 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Posthumous issue of Magnesia, under Lysimachus, ca. 305-297 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in outstretched right hand, grounded scepter in left; lion's head left in left field, AP monogram within wreath above E in right field, P below throne. Price 1989. Crisp strike on gleaming surfaces, enhanced by delicate flow lines. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-thracian-kingdom-lysimachus-305-281-bc-ar-drachm-17mm-432-gm-12h-ngc-choice-au-5-5-4-5/a/61365-22234.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61365-03102024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61375 | Auction date: 20 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 25051 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot | |
| Lot description: Ancients THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (30mm, 17.39 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style. Pergamum, ca. 297-281 BC, obverse die signed by the artist K. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon; K (engraver's initial) below, dotted border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena enthroned left, Nike standing left in outstretched right hand, resting left arm on grounded shield decorated with a lion-head boss, transverse reversed spear beyond; cult statue standing facing in inner left field, crescent left in outer left field, Ξ in exergue. Thompson 219. Müller -. HGC 3.II 1750m. A remarkable coin, made by an artist who signed the dies, showcasing their pride in the work. It's struck on a shiny flan with beautiful toning, highlighting the care and detail put into it. Ex Economopoulos Numismatics, private sale with old dealer's tag included; Bob Guynn Collection; Tom Cederlind, private sale with old dealer's tag included. The K-signed dies of the Pergamum Lysimachus tetradrachms are regarded by many as possessing the finest of all numismatic portraits of Alexander the Great. According to H.A. Cahn ("Frühhellenistiche Münzkunst, Kleine Schriften zur Münzkunde und Archäologie", Basel 1975, p. 121-126), this engraver may have been the same who designed, for the same mint, the dies of the famous portrait of Seleucus I on the silver tetradrachms of Philetaerus. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-thracian-kingdom-lysimachus-305-281-bc-ar-tetradrachm-30mm-1739-gm-12h-ngc-choice-xf-5-5-3-5-fi/a/61375-25051.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61375-05202024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3113 | Auction date: 8 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 31019 Price realized: 6,500 USD (Approx. 5,925 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients THRACIAN KINGDOM. Lysimachus (305-281 BC). AR tetradrachm (30mm, 17.11 gm, 12h). NGC AU★ 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Pergamum, ca. 287/6-282 BC. Diademed head of deified Alexander III right, with horn of Ammon; dotted border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena seated left, Nike standing left in outstretched right hand, resting left arm on grounded shield decorated with gorgoneion head boss, transverse spear in background; herm left in outer left field, archaic xoanon (cult image) facing in inner left field, ΕY monogram in exergue. Thompson, Essays Robinson, 224 var. (K on obverse, EΠ monogram on reverse). Müller 287 var. (same). Cf. Baldwin's, New York Sale IV (17 January 2002), lot 115 for same type. Exceptionally sharp dies rendered with stunning artistic achievement onto radiant and pearlescent surfaces. Alexander the Great's meteoric 13-year career of conquest left the classical world profoundly transformed by the time of his premature death in 323 BC. In the immediate aftermath, Alexander's generals carved up his immense new empire into spheres of influence, although maintaining the fiction of a unified leadership. Territorial disputes soon led to civil wars, with the rival warlords contending for supreme power. Chief among these was Lysimachus, who at various times controlled Thrace, Macedon and much of Asia Minor. For the obverse of his silver his coinage, Lysimachus claimed the mantle of Alexander by choosing the image of the conqueror himself, now shown as a god wearing the ram's horn of the Greco-Egyptian deity Ammon. The image is one of the earliest true portraits to appear on a coin, and one of the finest. The reverse, depicting Athena enthroned, likewise proved extremely influential throughout history, forming the archetype for the figure of Britannia on modern English coins. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-thracian-kingdom-lysimachus-305-281-bc-ar-tetradrachm-30mm-1711-gm-12h-ngc-auand-9733-5/a/3113-31019.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3113-01082024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 8000-10000 USD |  |
