weak on arms fair
one tiny chip at top of obverse
this coin is the one that is actually illustrated in English Gold Coinage
a little weakly struck at centre both sides
Lysimachus Drachm, very rare with portrait of Alexander the Great. weak on arms fairKings of Thrace, Lysimachos (323 281 BC), silver Drachm, Magnesia ad Meandrum, c. 297 281 BC, diademed head of Alexander the Great right, deified, with the horn of Ammon, rev. , Athena seated left, holding Nike, crowning the king's name, in her right hand, and leaning with her left arm on shield decorated with lion's head, transverse spear behind, 4. 17g, 1h (Thompson 118; Mller 330; HGC 3, 1753b; Westmoreland 65 [this coin]). A superb portrait, good