Triton XIV, Lot: 55. Estimate $2000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.90 g, 11h). Ainos mint. Struck circa 280 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ [Λ]YΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, spear behind; herm to inner left, monogram to outer right. Fischer-Bossert, Lysimacheier C6a (Vc5/Rc6 – this coin, illustrated); Thompson -; Müller -. EF, attractive old collection toning. Extremely rare, one of two coins known for this issue.

Ex Auctiones XXII (16 June 1992), lot 178; Maxime Collignon Collection (Feuardent, 17 December 1919), lot 175.