A Choice Selection of Lysimachos Tetradrachms

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 109. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.24 g, 9h). Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 288/7-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, spear behind; caduceus to inner left, bee to outer right. Thompson 190; Müller 112. Near EF, light gray tone with golden hues, underlying luster. Struck on a broad flan.