Hellenistic Monarchies. Syria. Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos VII Sidetes, 138-129 BC. AR Tetradrachm, Antioch on the Orontes, Newell, Antioch 279, Hoover 1067 d, SNG Spaer 1848, cf. SMA 279, silver 29-31 mm, weight 16,63 g., condition aUNC, beautiful patina, sharp relief details and mint luster, excellent specimen, practically no signs of circulation
Diademed head of Antiochus VII right / BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ∕ ANTIOXOY/ EYEPΓETOY / H, Athena standing facing, head left, left hand on grounded shield decorated with gorgoneion, spear resting against arm, Nike standing left in outstretched right hand; ΔI monogram above H monogram in outer left field, all within laurel wreath
Kingdom of Thrace. Lysimachos, 305-281 BC. AR Drachm, 301-299 BC. Magnesia ad Maeandrum, posthumous issue in the style and with the title of Alexander III the Great, Price 1985, Müller 788, silver 18 mm, weight 4,05 g., condition Good VF, patina
Head of Heracles wearing a lion skin cap, facing right / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, lion leaping left in left field, A within wreath below throne
Hellenistic Monarchies. Kingdom of Thrace. Lysimachos, 305-281 BC. AR Drachm c. 294-287 BC, Ephesos, Müller 60, Thompson 173, silver 18 mm, weight 4,29 g., condition Good XF, Slightly off-centre obverse, but beautifully preserved specimen with high and sharp relief, very attractive.
Diademed head of Alexander the Great to right with horn of Ammon over his ear / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟ(Υ) Athena seated on a throne facing left, holding Nike in her right hand, crowning the king's name, and leaning with her left hand on a shield decorated with a lion's head, behind her a transverse spear, in the left inner field a lyre