CNG 100, Lot: 1312. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 17.08 g, 10h). Ainos mint. Struck circa 283/2 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; to inner left, head of lion left above cult image on throne; monogram on throne. Thompson 257; Müller 119. Near EF, toned, underlying luster, a couple faint scratches on jaw. Well struck. Rare.

From the Friend of a Scholar Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts VIII (6 June 1980), lot 87.