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Triton XVI, Lot: 253. Estimate $2500.
Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Byzantion. Circa 175-150 BC. AV Stater (19mm, 8.49 g, 5h). In the name and types of Lysimachos. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; monogram to inner left, BY below throne, ornate trident in exergue. Marinescu Issue 109, 290 (O119/R180); Müller 153; SNG Copenhagen 1088 (same dies). EF, tiny die break on obverse. Extremely rare, only one example of this issue listed by Marinescu.


From the RCM Collection. Ex G. Hirsch 233 (12 February 2004), lot 1281.