Very Rare Byzantion Issue in the Name of Lysimachos

243, Lot: 8. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Byzantion. Circa 260 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.11 g, 5h). With the name and types of Lysimachos. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield decorated with a star, spear behind; monograms to outer left and in exergue. Thompson 249 (Pella mint); Marinescu issue 1, 1 (O1/R1); Meydancikkale 2730 (same rev. die; Uncertain mint). Good VF, minor metal flaw on obverse. Very rare issue.