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KINGS of THRACE
LYSIMACHOS
As Satrap, 323-305 BC

                AR Tetrobol (2.37 g, 14mm, 11). In the name and types of Philip II of Macedon.
      Mint: Amphipolis.
      Struck: Circa 315 BC.
      Obv: [no legend]
                Diademed head of Apollo right.
      Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
                Rider on horseback right; below, ΛY above forepart of lion
                right; in exergue, spearhead right.
      Ref: Thompson 1 = SNG ANS 829 (Philip II) = Price P5A; Müller -;
                AMNG III/2, -.
      Pedig: Ex Classical Numismatic Group 63 (21 May 2003), lot 270.


                AR Tetrobol (2.35 g, 14mm, 1). In the name and types of Philip II of Macedon.
      Mint: Amphipolis.
      Struck: Circa 315 BC.
      Obv: [no legend]
                Diademed head of Apollo right.
      Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
                Rider on horseback right; below, ΛY above forepart of lion
                right; in exergue, grain ear right.
      Ref: Thompson 1 = SNG ANS 829 (Philip II) = Price P5A var. (spearhead in exergue);
                Müller -; AMNG III/2, -.
      Pedig: Ex Classical Numismatic Group 63 (21 May 2003), lot 270.


                Æ Double Unit (7.08 g, 17mm, 4). In the name and types of Philip II of Macedon.
      Mint: Amphipolis.
      Struck: Uncertain.
      Obv: [no legend]
                Laureate head of Apollo right.
      Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
                Horseman riding right; below, ΛY and forepart of lion right.
      Ref: Cf. Thompson 2; cf. Müller p. 39; cf. AMNG III/2, p. 171,
                5 (Philip III); cf. SNG ANS 997 (Philip II); Price P4 (all
                Æ Units).


                Æ Unit (4.20 g, 17mm, 12). In the name and types of Philip II of Macedon.
      Mint: Amphipolis.
      Struck: Uncertain.
      Obv: [no legend]
                Laureate head of Apollo right.
      Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
                Horseman riding right; below, ΛY and forepart of lion right.
      Ref: Thompson 2; Müller p. 39; AMNG III/2, p. 171, 5 (Philip III);
                SNG ANS 997 (Philip II); Price P4.


                Æ Half Unit (2.23 g, 15mm, 6). In the name and types of Philip II of Macedon.
      Mint: Amphipolis.
      Struck: Uncertain.
      Obv: [no legend]
                Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress.
      Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
                Horseman riding right; below, ΛY and facing head of lion.
      Ref: SNG ANS 1002.


                Æ Unit (5.27 g, 18mm, 12). In the name and types of Philip II of Macedon.
      Mint: Amphipolis.
      Struck: Uncertain.
      Obv: [no legend]
                Laureate head of Apollo right.
      Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
                Horseman riding right; below, ΛY and forepart of lion right;
                to left, bow.
      Ref: Thompson 2 var. (no bow); Müller p. 39 var. (same); AMNG
                III/2, p. 171, 6 (Philip III); SNG ANS 997 var. (Philip II; same);
                Price P3.


                AR Tetrobol (2.30 g, 14mm, 3). In the types of Philip II and name of Alexander III of Macedon.
      Mint: Amphipolis.
      Struck: Uncertain.
      Obv: [no legend]
                Diademed head of Apollo right.
      Rev: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
                Horseman riding right; below, ΛY above forepart of lion right;
                to right, trident head right.
      Ref: Thompson -; Müller p. 39; AMNG III/2, p. 171, 1 var. (Alex-
                ander IV, trident head to left); SNG ANS -; Price 435;
                Winterthur 1306a.


                AR Diobol (1.22 g, 11mm, 1). In the types of Philip II and name of Alexander III of Macedon.
      Mint: Amphipolis.
      Struck: Uncertain.
      Obv: [no legend]
                Diademed head of Apollo right.
      Rev: ΑΛ-Ε[Ξ]
                Horseman riding right; below, forepart of lion right; ΛY in
                exergue.
      Ref: Winterthur 1306d (same rev. die); Münzen und Medaillen AG
                41 (18 June 1970), lot 51 (same rev. die).
      Pedig: Ex G. Hiller Collection (Elsen 94, 15 December 2007), lot 155.


                Æ Unit (5.17 g, 18mm, 11). In the types of Philip II and name of Alexander III of Macedon.
      Mint: Amphipolis.
      Struck: Uncertain.
      Obv: [no legend]
                Laureate head of Apollo right.
      Rev: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
                Horseman riding right; ΛY above; below, forepart of lion
                right.
      Ref: Thompson -; Müller p. 39, note 2; AMNG III/2, p. 172, 2 (Alex-
                ander IV); SNG ANS -; Price 437.


                AR Tetrobol (2.64 g, 15mm, 6). In the types of Philip II of Macedon.
      Mint: Amphipolis.
      Struck: 311-305 BC.
      Obv: [no legend]
                Diademed head of Apollo right.
      Rev: ΛY
                Rider on horseback right; below, forepart of lion right above
                spearhead right.
      Ref: Thompson -; Müller -; cf. AMNG III/2, 5 (same obv. die;
                no spearhead?); SNG ANS -; Price -.
      Pedig: Ex Classical Numismatic Group 67 (22 September 2004), lot
                501.

Notes: This amazing specimen was struck from a reverse die that was originally engraved with the ΛY below the horse and ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ above (Thompson 1). While the traces of the latter are barely discernable, the former is clearly visible in the field below the horse's belly. This confirms that the Thompson 1 types were followed by the Thompson 3 types, of which this coin is a variety. Two other specimens with a reengraved reverse die are BMFA 821 and Leu 48 (10 May 1989), lot 100 (both from the same reverse die, with a grain ear in the exergue and no spearhead).


                AR Tetrobol (2.46 g, 14mm, 8). In the types of Philip II of Macedon.
      Mint: Amphipolis.
      Struck: 311-305 BC.
      Obv: [no legend]
                Diademed head of Apollo right.
      Rev: ΛY
                Rider on horseback right; below, forepart of lion right; in
                exergue, spearhead right.
      Ref: Thompson -; Müller p. 1, 1 (pl. 1, 1); cf. AMNG III/2, 5 (no
                spearhead?); SNG ANS -; Price 434.


                AR Tetrobol (2.43 g, 14mm, 1). In the types of Philip II of Macedon.
      Mint: Amphipolis.
      Struck: 311-305 BC.
      Obv: [no legend]
                Diademed head of Apollo right.
      Rev: ΛY
                Rider on horseback right; below, spearhead right above
                forepart of lion right right.
      Ref: Thompson 3; Müller -; AMNG III/2, -; SNG ANS -; Price 434A.


                Æ Unit (4.99 g, 17mm, 3). In the types of Philip II of Macedon.
      Mint: Amphipolis.
      Struck: Uncertain.
      Obv: [no legend]
                Laureate head of Apollo right.
      Rev: ΛY
                Horseman riding right; below, forepart of lion right.
      Ref: Thompson -; Müller p. 1, 2 (pl. I, 2); AMNG III/2, -; SNG ANS -;
                Price -.

As King, 305-281 BC

                Æ Unit (3.23 g, 17mm, 12). In the types of Philip II of Macedon.
      Mint: Amphipolis.
      Struck: Uncertain.
      Obv: [no legend]
                Laureate head of Apollo right.
      Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ
                Horseman riding right; ΛY behind, forepart of lion right below.
      Ref: Thompson 4; Müller -; AMNG III/2, 5; SNG ANS -; Price 437A;
                Winterthur 1306e/1589 (same obverse die).


                AR Drachm (4.20 g, 20mm, 12).
      Mint: Ephesos.
      Struck: 294-287 BC.
      Obv: [no legend]
                Diademed head of the deified Alexander the Great right, with
                Horn of Ammon.
      Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ
                Athena Nikephoros seated left; to inner left, bee between E-Φ.
      Ref: Thompson 168; Müller 421; SNG Copenhagen 1147.

Notes: Ephesos was one of the primary drachm mints of Lysimachos. Captured circa 295 BC, he renamed Epesos Arsinoe, in honor of his wife. The mint stopped production circa 287 BC, when Magnesia attacked many of its rival cities after Lysimachos' control in Ionia weakened after Demetrios Poliorketes invaded there. Although Lysimachos reestablished control in Ionia, he apparently did not reopen most of the mints, having shifted production to his mints in more secure regions.


                Æ 12mm (1.94 g, 5).
      Mint: Uncertain.
      Struck: Before 281 BC.
      Obv: [no legend]
                Helmeted head of Athena right.
      Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ
                Facing head of Lion.
      Mm: None.
      Ref: Müller pl. XLII, 12; SNG Copenhagen 1170.

Notes: This coin type is likely the next larger denomination after the coin below.


                Æ 9mm (0.69 g, 5).
      Mint: Uncertain.
      Struck: Before 281 BC.
      Obv: [no legend]
                Helmeted head of Athena right.
      Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ
                Head of lion right; below, spearhead(?) right.
      Ref: Prof. Dr. Hagen Tronnier Colletion (Künker 94, 27
                September 2004), lot 584 = Hirsch 175 (23 September
                1992), lot 152, otherwise unpublished.

Notes: Other than the Tronnier example, this small bronze is completely unpublished. It is the smallest known coin of Lysimachos, and approximately 2/3 the weight of the smallest published bronze coins (11mm bronzes; cf. SNG Copenhagen 1158). This coin is most similar to an 11mm bronze coin of Lysimachos which has the same types, but the reverse has a facing lion's head (SNG Copenhagen 1170; see previous coin above). The three published examples of that type are approximately twice the weight of this coin, and as such, it is likely that these tiny coins are associated fractions of those coins.