Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1283. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TROAS, Abydos. Early-mid 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.84 g, 12h). 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; cornucopia to inner left; in exergue, eagle standing right within A-BY, flanked by two monograms. H.B. Mattingly, “The Ma'aret en-Num'an Hoard” in
Essays Carson-Jenkins, 461 var. (no monograms); New York Sale XX, lot 125 (same dies). Near EF, toned, slight die shift on obverse. Very rare.