351, Lot: 48. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.26 g, 12h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Kolophon mint. Struck circa 299/8-297/6 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, forepart of lion left and torch; crescent below throne. Thompson 124; Price L24; Müller 18 var. (symbol below throne). VF, toned, a touch of porosity. Rare.
From the Nicholas Sicurella Collection.