Fine Style from Pergamon

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 366. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.08 g, 12h). Pergamon mint. Struck 287/6-282 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, spear behind; herm to outer left, cult image to inner left, monogram in exergue. Cf. Thompson 223; Arnold-Biucchi, Pergamene 17 (O4/R17); Müller -. Good VF, toned. Fine style portrait.