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Lysimachos; Apollo/youth on horseback
Description: Lysimachos (305 - 281 BC). Lysimacheia mint, 305-301 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / ΦIΛIΠΠOY; warrior on horseback right, forepart of lion and ΛY below.
Diameter: AE18 mm
Weight: 5,04 g
Grade: aVF/aVF
Attribution: Thompson 2; Müller p. 39
Commentary: scarce; dark patina with contrasting deposits, well centered
History: Lysimachos' part in the final defeat of Antigonos at the Battle of Ipsos in 301 BC, and finally the end of the unity of Alexander's empire, was crucial - he held the Antigonid forces in Asia Minor until Seleukos could arrive from the East with his war elephants.
Article Number: 041-04-07-41652