CNG 84, Lot: 149. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Mesambria. Circa 175-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.79 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, helmet right above MA; monogram below throne. Price 1082; cf. Karayotov 142-56 (O49/R?); Callataÿ group 2, dies D2/R?; Topalov, Messambria 18. EF. Struck on a broad flan.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.