CNG 97, Lot: 63. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.05 g, 1h). Sestos mint. Struck 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, spear behind; bee with grain to inner left. Thompson 31; Müller –. In NGC encapsulation graded Ch XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 5/5. Rare.