CNG 97, Lot: 68. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 16.86 g, 7h). Amphipolis mint. Struck 288/7-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, race torch to inner left, bee to outer right. Thompson 187; Müller 445a; Triton XII, lot 135 (same dies). Near EF, toned, faint scratch on face under tone. Bold portrait in high relief.