CNG 102, Lot: 192. Estimate $3000. Sold for $20000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 17.09 g, 1h). Lampsakos mint. Struck 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; to inner left, monogram above crescent. Thompson 61 var. (monogram); Müller 392 var. (same); SNG France 2545 var. (same); Leu 86, lot 319 = CNG XXXIV, lot 76 (same dies); Leu 83, lot 148 (same dies); Gorny & Mosch 164, lot 95 = Gorny & Mosch 129, lot 84 = Künker 83, lot 156 (same dies). Superb EF, toned, light marks under tone in fields. Fine style portrait.

Ex Sternberg XVIII (20 November 1986), lot 62.