CNG 85, Lot: 254. Estimate $500. Sold for $410. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 17.10 g, 7h). Amphipolis 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; monogram to inner left (cut over kerykeion with handle), monogram to outer right. Thompson 199; Müller 548. VF, toned.

The reverse die has been altered; the monogram in the inner left field has been cut over the previous symbol, kerykeion with handle. Thompson (and Newell) noted this on the specimen they cataloged, which helped establish the relative chronology of the issues at Amphipolis.