Triton XVI, Lot: 261. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.05 g, 12h). Sardes mint. Struck 299/8-297/6 BC. 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 outer and inner left. Thompson 89; Müller 405. EF, attractively toned, a couple tiny die breaks. Wonderful expressive portrait.

Ex Triton XV (3 January 2012), lot 1099; Classical Numismatic Group 85 (15 September 2010), lot 242.