CNG 102, Lot: 198. Estimate $1000. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 17.23 g, 8h). Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 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, transverse spear in background; kerykeion with handle to inner left, monogram to outer right. Thompson 193; Müller 106. Near EF, toned. Well centered and struck.
From the M. A. Armstrong Collection. Ex Ed Borasio Collection (Sotheby’s New York, 12 December 1994), lot 13.