Lysimachus Drachm, very rare with portrait of Alexander the Great. cockerel in left field

cockerel in left field

this coin is the one that is actually illustrated in English Gold Coinage

Marsh 485C R4

weak on arms fair

Lysimachus Drachm, very rare with portrait of Alexander the Great. cockerel in left fieldKings 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