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- ID: 405
Submitter: Jean-Luc
Added: 1998-04-25
THRACE. Kings of Thrace.
Lysimachos, 323-281 B.C.
AR-Tetradrachm.
Av.: Deified head of Alexander III to r.
Rv.: Athena enthroned to l. with arms.
16,96 g. c. 26 mm.
Ref.: cf. Thompson pl. 18, 707-708 and 711.
Counterfeit-Report no. 439/August 1987.
FAKE – Struck from modern dies. The obverse, of very high relief, is a remarkable copy of an issue of the mint of Lampsakos with different rev. monogram. The reverse die was published in BoC 8 1/2, 1983, p. 7, 4-6. Dangerous.