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300, Lot: 17. Estimate $200.
Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.60 g, 3h). Uncertain mint in Thrace. Struck under Skostokos, circa 285-281 BC(?). Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; herm to iner left. Fischer-Bossert, Lysimacheier A5 (Va2/R–); Peter p. 218 var. (with ΣKOΣTOKOY in exergue); Thompson –. VF, lightly toned, uneven strike, cleaning scratches.


This coin not only carries the herm found on issues bearing the name of Skostokos, it is also stylistically similar to the signed coins and is very likely by the same engraver responsible for many of the dies of the Skostokos coinage. It is uncertain whether this coin belongs just prior to, later than, or contemporary with the signed issue.