Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 140. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.97 g, 12h). Lysimacheia mint. Struck circa 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, spear behind; herm to outer left; to inner left, lion head left above monogram; monogram in exergue. Thompson -; Müller -; Seyrig, Trésors p. 15, 50 corr. (same dies); CNG 67, lot 504 (same dies); CNG 63, lot 271 (same dies). EF, underlying luster. Well struck in high relief.

Although this variety does not appear in Thompson, the fine style and similarity to published specimens of Lysimacheia certainly place this coin among the lifetime issues there. Furthermore, it is unlikely that Lysimachus’ coinage continued to be struck at this city after his death, during the subsequent Seleukid and Macedonian administrations. Regarding this particular issue, the CNG examples have permitted a correct reading of the monogram in the exergue.