291, Lot: 26. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.80 g, 11h). Magnesia mint. Struck circa 297/6-287 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, spear behind; race torch with fillets to outer left, monogram to inner left. Thompson 115. Near VF, areas of porosity and heavy pitting, particularly on the reverse.