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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 346. Estimate $500. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009. 
Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.07 g, 12h). Lampsakos 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; monogram to inner left, crescent upward in exergue. Thompson 49; Müller 399 var. (crescent left); SNG France 2548-9 var. (same); Armenak 715 (same rev. die). Good VF.


Thompson does not differentiate the position of the crescent.