CNG 91, Lot: 87. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Mesambria. Circa 275/50-225 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.68 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; helmet in outer left field, monogram in exergue. Karayotov 3 (O2/R3); Price 985 corr. (monogram). EF, a hint of toning around the devices. Fine early style. Well centered strike from fresh dies.