Extremely Rare Early Byzantion Lysimachos

375, Lot: 238. Estimate $200. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Byzantion. Circa 270 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.95 g, 10h). Pella mint. Struck 286/5-282/1 BC. Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon / Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, spear in background; monogram to inner left, . Marinescu, Early, Issue 7, 13.1 (dies D/h’ – this coin); Thompson 255; Müller –. VF, toned. Extremely rare early Byzantion issue, one of only two noted by Marinescu, and the only piece in CoinArchives.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 240 (8 September 2010), lot 100; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 207 (25 March 2009), lot 73.