Fine Style Portraits of Alexander
CNG 100, Lot: 1307. Estimate $7500. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 17.07 g, 12h). Lampsakos mint. Struck 297/6-282/1 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; to inner left, monogram above crescent. Thompson 61 var. (monogram); Müller 392; SNG France 2545. Superb EF, toned, tiny ding on nose. Bold portrait.
Ex Albert Hofer Collection (Tradart, 18 December 2014), lot 73.