CNG 102, Lot: 200. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
|
KINGS of THRACE, Macedonian. Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.86 g, 12h). Posthumous issue. Uncertain mint. Struck 3rd century 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, bearded head left; AP monogram in exergue. Müller 452; Tkalec, April 2011, lot 42 (same dies); ANS Photofile “NFA 190/35” (same dies). Choice EF, toned. Extremely rare, perhaps the fourth known.