CNG 100, Lot: 1308. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
|
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.19 g, 12h). Magnesia on the Maeander mint. Struck circa 297/6-282/1 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; maeander pattern to outer left, monogram to inner left, ornament on throne. Thompson 105; Müller –. EF, toned, light cleaning marks under tone. Artistic dies. Rare.