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Electronic Auction 480

Lot nuber 105

KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. As Satrap, 323-305 BC. Lot of three (3) AR Tetrobols.


Electronic Auction 480
Lot: 105.
 Estimated: $ 150

Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. As Satrap, 323-305 BC. Lot of three (3) AR Tetrobols. All coins: Head of Apollo right, wearing tainia / Nude youth on horseback right. Includes one example in the name of Philip II of Macedon (HGC 3, 1744), two in the sole name of Lysimachos (HGC 3, 1745). Typical surface granularity, some roughness. VF. Three (3) coins in lot. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS.

From the BRN Collection.

Although these coins have traditionally been attributed to the beginning of Lysimachos' reign as king of Thrace, more recent scholarship has persuasively placed them early in the period of his satrapy. Price, in his study of the coinage of Alexander the Great and Philip III, discounts the prior dating (circa 306/5 BC) and mint attribution (Lysimacheia), and argues for an issue placed at Amphipolis, circa 320-315 BC. During this time, Lysimachos was constantly waging war against the Thracian tribes and likely needed coinage for troop payments. The only source for him, at that time, would be his close friend Kassander, who controlled the mint at Amphipolis. This placement and dating conform well to the current scholarship regarding the minting of Philip II-type tetrobols (or fifth tetradrachms). For further background, see, e.g.: Price, pp. 130 and 197; AMNG III, p. 171; and H. Lund, Lysimachus: A Study in Early Hellenistic Kingship (Routledge, 1992), p. 57.

Closing Date and Time: 11 November 2020 at 10:34:40 ET.

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