Two Rare Issues From the Mint of Kios

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 359. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $495. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.06 g, 11h). Kios mint. Struck 288/7-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, spear behind; monograms to outer and inner left, grain ear in exergue. Thompson 182; Müller -. VF. Rare mint.