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Triton XVIII, Lot: 3. Estimate $2000.
Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.34 g, 12h). Ephesos mint. Struck circa 295/4-289/8 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; bee to inner left, monogram in exergue. Cf. Thompson 165 and 166 (stater and tetradrachm with same controls); Triton V, lot 1336 var. (same obv. die; monogram on throne); Sunrise 167 (this coin). EF, lightly toned, slight die shift. Very rare.


From the Sunrise Collection.