Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1263. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BITHYNIA, Kalchedon. Mid 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.72 g, 1h). In the name and types of Lysimachos of Thrace. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, spear behind; ΘE to inner left, grain ear and KAΛX in exergue. Marinescu issue 59, 128 var. = M. Price, “Greek Coin Hoards in the British Museum” in NC 1969, p.12, 49 var. (KAΛXA, different dies); otherwise unpublished. Good VF, toned, softly struck on obverse. Very rare civic issue.